11th of 20 works found
Digging the Garden
Artist
Leighton, Clare
Title
Digging the Garden
Technique
wood engraving
Date
1930
Dimensions
25.8cm height x 21.3cm width
Type
print
Accession Number
1984.37
Owner
City of Burnaby
Collection
Permanent Collection
Gift of Jeff Fargher
Clare Leighton (1898-1989) was an English/American artist, writer and illustrator. Leighton is widely known for her books and her wood engraving illustrations, which were not yet seen as a legitimate form of artistic expression. She persevered nonetheless, with depictions of the natural environment and the reality of hard labour and its virtues being core themes in her work.