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 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.

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);