The following information is by Jack and Mary E. (Leighton) Proebstle, who are writing a Leighton family genealogy:. (NATHANIEL WINFIELD) SCOTT LEIGHTON, descendant of Thomas Leighton of Dover, N.H.... Read full biography
The following information is by Jack and Mary E. (Leighton) Proebstle, who are writing a Leighton family genealogy:. (NATHANIEL WINFIELD) SCOTT LEIGHTON, descendant of Thomas Leighton of Dover, N.H. [1604-1672], is the fourth of five children of Nicholas and Deborah M. (Whitney) Leighton. Scott was... Read full biography
The following information is by Jack and Mary E. (Leighton) Proebstle, who are writing a Leighton family genealogy:. (NATHANIEL WINFIELD) SCOTT LEIGHTON, descendant of Thomas Leighton of Dover, N.H. [1604-1672], is the fourth of five children of Nicholas and Deborah M. (Whitney) Leighton. Scott was born 28 Aug. 1847, died Waverly MA 8 Jan. 1898, 50y (GS); married Portland 28 Nov. 1870 SADIE L. WYMAN. No ch. (They also had a church wedding 1 Jan. 1871.) His obituary in the New York Times 19 Jan.... Read full biography
The following information is by Jack and Mary E. (Leighton) Proebstle, who are writing a Leighton family genealogy:. (NATHANIEL WINFIELD) SCOTT LEIGHTON, descendant of Thomas Leighton of Dover, N.H. [1604-1672], is the fourth of five children of Nicholas and Deborah M. (Whitney) Leighton. Scott was born 28 Aug. 1847, died Waverly MA 8 Jan. 1898, 50y (GS); married Portland 28 Nov. 1870 SADIE L. WYMAN. No ch. (They also had a church wedding 1 Jan. 1871.) His obituary in the New York Times 19 Jan. 1898 called him the "Landseer of the United States." They are buried in the Universalist Churchyard, Falmouth, ME. Scott got his start in horse-trading at 14, and by the age of 17 had saved enough to set up in Portland as a painter, and to study... Read full biography
The following information is by Jack and Mary E. (Leighton) Proebstle, who are writing a Leighton family genealogy:. (NATHANIEL WINFIELD) SCOTT LEIGHTON, descendant of Thomas Leighton of Dover, N.H. [1604-1672], is the fourth of five children of Nicholas and Deborah M. (Whitney) Leighton. Scott was born 28 Aug. 1847, died Waverly MA 8 Jan. 1898, 50y (GS); married Portland 28 Nov. 1870 SADIE L. WYMAN. No ch. (They also had a church wedding 1 Jan. 1871.) His obituary in the New York Times 19 Jan. 1898 called him the "Landseer of the United States." They are buried in the Universalist Churchyard, Falmouth, ME. Scott got his start in horse-trading at 14, and by the age of 17 had saved enough to set up in Portland as a painter, and to study under Harrison Bird Brown. Although he did landscapes, he was famed for paintings of horses. They are in... Read full biography
Scott (Nicholas Winfield) Leighton - Artist Info
About Scott (Nicholas Winfield) Leighton: Books
Books & Publications (19)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Defining A Nation: Paintings of Nineteenth-Century America, Featuring the Wheeler Collection (Exhibition catalog)
2007
Vose Galleries, Boston (essays by Rachel Beaupre and Courtney Kopplin)
25 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Vose Art Notes Tenth Anniversary Issue Art and Collecting in America: An Illustrated Timeline
2002
Vose, Marcia L. (editor)
37 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Paintings and Sculpture Sterling & Francine Clark Institute
1990
Conrads, Martha C
219 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
The American Spirit: Paintings, Watercolors and Sculpture from 1817-1987 H V Allison Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Riehlman, Franklin; Glen C. Peck
54 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
The Art of Healing, Medicine and Science in American Art (Birmingham Museum of Art) (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Gerdts, William H
120 pages (color)
American Paintings/Brooklyn Museum Complete Illustrated Listing of Works
1979
Brooklyn Museum
133 pages (color)
Living New England Artists (reprint 1888 edition)
1977
Robinson, Frank
215 pages
One Hundred/An Exhibition to Celebrate the Centenial Year (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Smith College
83 pages
Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set) (Exhibition catalog)
1973
Naylor, Maria
1,075 pages
Faces and Places Changing Images of 19th Century America (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
72 pages (color)
American Sports and Sportsmen Paintings of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Kennedy Galleries
48 pages
Life in America Exhibition Paintings/New York World's Fair (Exhibition catalog)