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Wood Engraving and Woodcuts
Artist
Leighton, Clare
Title
Wood Engraving and Woodcuts
Type
book
Accession Number
1990.24
Owner
City of Burnaby
Collection
Permanent Collection
Gift of the Estate of Clare Leighton
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.