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[[File:Michaelleonard.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Michael Leonard]]
[[File:leonardart.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Michael Leonard art]]

==Country==

Great Britain

==Birth - Death==

1933 -

==Occupation==

Artist

==Description==

Realist contemporary painter and illustrator, notable particularly for his homoerotic paintings of the male nude.  Reader’s Digest commissioned him to paint a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in honour of her sixtieth birthday (1985, now in the National Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection). 

==See Also==

* [[Prominent LGBTQ Portrait Painters and Photographers]]

==Further Reading/Research==

* http://www.michaelleonardartist.com/
* http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/artists/Michael-Leonard
* http://www.glbtq.com/arts/leonard_m.html

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