Clare Leighton

© Estate of Clare Leighton. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprodu…
Clare Leighton
© Estate of Clare Leighton. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Clare Leighton

American printmaker, illustrator, and author, 1898–1989, born in England
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BiographyBorn in England, Leighton moved to the United States in 1939, living in Maryland, North Carolina, and finally Connecticut. She was central to the Arts and Crafts revival of wood engraving, producing wood engravings and writing a book on the subject.
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