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Flaming June in Teal is a handcrafted reimagining of Lord Frederic Leighton’s timeless original, Flaming June. Luxury brand La Pastiche seeks out today’s most skilled artists and finest materials to produce stunning tributes to creative masters. Each unique – and entirely exclusive – oil painting reinterprets and embellishes the original with fresh colors and/or metallic accents. Granting unprecedented flexibility and brilliance, La Pastiche artwork is an exciting and sophisticated choice for the discerning decorator. Our focus has always been on creating inspiring new options of the utmost quality that remain true to the spirit of the original artist. Famous Leighton painting, Flaming June. The original masterpiece was created in 1895, just one year before the artist’s death. Widely considered to be Leighton’s magnum opus, this Victorian portrait of a sleeping woman in a blazing, transparent orange dress shows Leighton’s classicist style, with characteristic touches such as rich colors and the use of natural light. The subject is inches away from an oleander branch, a commentary on the fragile link between sleep and death. It is believed to allude to Greek sculptures of sleeping nymphs and naiads. Sir Frederic Leighton, (1830 – 1896), was an English painter and sculptor. He was educated in London and Florence and is associated with the Pre-Raphaelites movement and artists. As President of the Royal Academy from 1878 to his death, his works depicted historical, biblical, and classical subject matter, and his paintings represented Britain at the great 1900 Paris Exhibition.
