Clare Leighton

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Clare Leighton was a British-born American artist and writer best known for her influential wood engravings depicting rural life and labor in the early 20th century.

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Clare Leighton canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British emigrant to the United States ⓘ
artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
person ⓘ
wood engraver ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
birthDate 1898-04-12 ⓘ
birthPlace London, England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1989-11-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Woodbridge, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
educatedAt Central School of Arts and Crafts ⓘ
Slade School of Fine Art ⓘ
familyName Leighton ⓘ
field book illustration ⓘ
wood engraving ⓘ
writing ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
genre labor and agriculture ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
givenName Clare ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection British Museum ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
influencedBy agricultural labor ⓘ
rural English countryside ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement wood engraving revival ⓘ
name Clare Leighton ⓘ
notableFor wood engravings depicting rural life and labor ⓘ
notableWork Country Matters ⓘ
Four Hedges ⓘ
Southern Harvest ⓘ
The Farmer’s Year ⓘ
Wood-Engraving and Woodcuts ⓘ
occupation artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
wood engraver ⓘ
writer ⓘ
parent Marie Connor Leighton ⓘ
Robert Leighton ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Woodbridge, Connecticut ⓘ
sibling Roland Leighton ⓘ

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Leighton → hasNotableBearer → Clare Leighton ⓘ
Clare Leighton → name → Clare Leighton ⓘ
H. N. Brailsford → spouse → Clare Leighton ⓘ