LEISTEN, JAKOB, born in Düsseldorf in 1845. Genre painter, pupil of Düsseldorf Academy; lived in Munich in 1869-73, but returned to Düsseldorf. Medal in London (1877). Works: Love-Letter; Disturbed Politician; First Mitrailleuse; Werther and Charlotte; Buried; Two Widows; Proselytes; Marriage Contract; Weekly Visit at the Landlord's; Last of his Name; Bavarian Wrestling; Castle in the Woods; Starting for the Wedding Dance (1880).—Meyer, Conv. Lex., xix. 591; Müller, 329.
LEITNER, HEINRICH, born in Vienna
in 1842. Marine painter, pupil of Melbye;
made extensive journeys in the East and in
Italy, and accompanied the German Crown-Prince
in 1869 to the opening of the Suez
Canal. Works: Embarking of German
Crown-Prince at Jaffa; Man-of-War Victory;
Embarking of Emperor of Austria at
Jaffa; Corvette Hertha leaving the Golden
Horn; Corvette Hertha in Heavy Storm
(1879).—Müller, 329.
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LE JEUNE, HENRY, born in London in
1820. Genre painter,
pupil in 1834 of
the Royal Academy,
where, in 1841, he
received a gold
medal for his Samson
bursting his
Bonds. In 1845 he
became head-master
at the government
school of design,
and in 1848 was appointed curator of
the painting school of the Academy; became
an A.R.A. in 1863. Works: Una and
the Lion (1842); Prince Arthur's Dream
(1843); Prospero and Miranda (1844); Ruth
and Boaz (1845); Liberation of the Slaves,
Bassanio choosing the Casket (1847); Hush!
(1848); Ophelia (1849); Hour-Glass (1850);
Anglers, Archers (1851); Rush-Gatherers
(1852); Christ blessing Little Children
(1854); See-Saw (1855); Little Gretchen
(1856); Children gathering Lilies; Master,
what shall I do? (1858); Sisters of Lazarus
(1861); Early Flowers (1863); Wounded
Robin (1864); The Ride (1867); Rather Shy
(1869); Great Expectations (1872); Much
Ado About Nothing (1873); Innocence
(1874); Stepping-Stones, Water-Lilies
(1879); Happy Thoughts (1880); Little Bo-Peep,
Golden Flags (1881); Little Angler
(1882); The Burn, Shelter, Golden Treasures
(1883); By the Cool Stream, Murmur
of the Shell (1884).—Art Journal (1858), 265.
LELAND, HENRY, born in Walpole,
Mass., in 1850, died Dec. 5, 1877. Portrait
and figure painter, pupil of Bonnat in Paris,
1874-77. Exhibited his first portrait at the
Salon of 1875; visiting Boston the same
year, he painted two portraits which were
exhibited in Philadelphia in 1876. His
short professional life was passed in Paris.
He sent to the Salon in 1876 a portrait of
Mlle. D'Alembert; in 1877, Chevalier of Time
of Henry III., and an Italian Girl. His Expectation
is owned in Boston. In Italy,
1877, he painted his own portrait, A Courtyard
in Venice, and Court Lady of Time of
Henry III. (unfinished).
LELEUX, ADOLPHE, born in Paris,
Nov. 15, 1812. Landscape painter, self-taught;
has painted chiefly scenes in Brittany
and Normandy, but at times subjects
taken from the Spanish Pyrenees and Algeria.
Medals: 3d class, 1842; 2d class,
1843 and 1848; L. of Honour, 1855. Works:
Bretons (1841); Breton Dance, Spanish
Smugglers (1846); Arab Story-Teller, Arab
Women of the Desert, Djinns Dancing,
Night-Patrol in Paris (1848); Pass-Word
(1849); Bedouin Family attacked by Wolves
(1851); Market in Dieppe (1852); Treading
out Corn in Algeria (1853), Lille Museum;
Courtyard of a Breton Tavern (1857); Wedding
in Brittany (1861); Wedding in Brittany
(1863), Luxembourg Museum; Festival
in Brittany (1865); Breton Winnowers
(1866); Breton Funeral (1867); Market-Day
at Finisterre (1875); View of Crénille
(1876); Clog-Maker's Family (1877); Departure
(1878); Woods of Crénille (1879);
Babies (1880); View of Chaumet (1881);
