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Leighton, Clare [1898-1989. UK/USA. Wood Engraver/Illustrator/Stained Glass Designer/Painter]

 

Clara Ellaline Hope Leighton [1], commonly known as Clare Leighton, was born in … subscribers only


Photograph of Clare Leightpn

Photograph of Clare Leightpn


Bibliography

1. Balston, Thomas. English Wood Engraving. 1900-1950. London: Art & Technics, 1951

2. Bluemel, Kristin. Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain. University of Minnesota Press, 2025

3. Clare Leighton's Rural Life: An Anthology Oxford: Bodleian Library, 2023

4. Clare Leighton: An exhibition . American sheaves English seed corn. Edited by Clare Fletcher and William Dolan. Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Public Library, 1977 [Exhibition catalogue]

5. Clare Leighton: retrospective exhibition. New Britain, Connecticut: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1967 [Exhibition catalogue]

6. Dunfold, Penny. A Biographical Dictionary of Women Artists in Europe and America since 1850 Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatscheaf, 1990

7. Garrett, Albert. A History of British Wood Engraving. Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Midas Books, 1978

8. Garrett, Albert. British Wood Engraving of the Twentieth Century: A Personal View. London: Scholar Press, 1980

9. Gray, Sara. The Dictionary of British Artists. Cambridge: The Lutterworth Press, 2009

10. Harvey-Lee, Elizabeth. Mistresses of the Graphic Arts. Famous & Forgotten Women Printmakers c.1550-c.1950. North Aston, Oxfordshire: Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, 1995

11. Harvey-Lee, Elizabeth. Unsung Heroines. A Further Selection of Mistresses of the Graphic Arts. North Aston, Oxfordshire: Elizabeth Harvey-Lee, 2004

12. Jaffe, Patricia. Women Engravers. London: Virago, 1988

13. Leighton, Clare. Wood Engraving and Wood-Cuts. London: Studio Publications, 1948

14. Leighton, Clare. ‘Teaching art’. Drawing and Design vol. 5 no. 9 February 1926 pp. 307=308

15. Leighton, David. Clare Leighton: The Growth and Shaping of an Artist-Writer. Pewsey, Wiltshire: The Estate of Clare Leighton, 2009

16. Peppin, Brigid and Micklethwait, Lucy. Dictionary of British Book Illustrators: the Twentieth Century. London: John Murray, 1983

17. Quiet Spirit, Skillful Hand: The Graphic Work of Clare Leighton. Edited by Robert Stuhlman. Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum of Art, 2008

18. Shall We Join the Ladies?: Wood Engravings by Women Artists of the Twentieth Century. Oxford: Stone Gallery, 1979

19. Stevens, Anne and Leighton, David. Clare Leighton: wood engravings and drawings. [Exhibition catalogue] Oxford, England: Ashmolean Museum , 1992

20. The wood engravings of Clare Leighton. edited by Pat Jaffe Cambridge, England: Silent Books, 1992

21. Thirties: British Art and Design before the War. London: Arts Council of Great Britain, 1979 [Catalogue of an exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, 25 October-13 January 1979]

22. Who's Was Who in American Art 1564-1975 : 400 Years of Artists in America. Vol. II: G-O. Edited by Peter Hastings Falk. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1999

23. Woodcuts: examples of the work of Clare Leighton. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1930

24. ‘In the studio of Clare Leighton’. The Studio volo. 113, 1937 pp. 144-146

25. ‘Obituary: Clare Leughton’. The Telegraph 9 November 1989 p. 23

26. ‘Obituary: Clare Leughton’. The Independent 8 November 1989 p. 34

27. ‘The woodcuts of Clare Leighton’. Drawing and Design vol. 5 no. 7 December 1925 pp. 230-233

Weblinks

Artcyclopedia 

Artist Biographies [Subscription service] 

AskArt [Subscription service] 

Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service] 

British Council 

Caroline Mesrobian Hickman. Clare Leighton's Art and Craft: Exploring Her Rich Legacy through the Pratt Collection. Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. 

Colin Campbell, ‘Leighton, Clara Ellaline Hope (1898–1989)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [Subscription service] 

David Leighton. Clare Leighton: Her Family Foundations. Traditional Fine Arts Organization, Inc. 

Duke University Libraries. Guide to the Clare Leighton Papers, 1940-1968 

Grokipedia 

Illinois State Museum 

Liss Llewellyn Fine Art 

National Art Library Catalogue 

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. 

Pallant House Gallery 

Princeton University Art Museum 

Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Clare Leighton papers, 1931-1967 

terra Foundation for American Art 

The Annex Galleries 

University of Brighton. Clare Leighton, illustrator and designer 

University of Connecticut Library. Archives & Special Collections. Clare Leighton Papers  

Unseen Hands. Women Printers, Binders & Book Designers, 

Wikipedia 

Yale University Library. Guide to the Clare Leighton collection  

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