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Breaking Camp
Artist
Leighton, Clare
Title
Breaking Camp
Technique
wood engraving
Date
1931
Dimensions
26.5cm height x 37.8cm width
Type
print
Accession Number
1984.26
Owner
City of Burnaby
Collection
Permanent Collection
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.