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Clare Leighton

ARTIST

Leighton, Clare

1898 – 1989

Clare Leighton attended the Brighton School of Art (1915), the Slade School of Fine Art (1921’23) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Despite her childhood nickname ‘The Bystander’, she became a hugely visible artist on both sides of the Atlantic, and her vast oeuvre includes engravings, paintings, bookplates, illustrations and stained glass. Her twelve plates for Wedgwood, New England Industries, 1952, are amongst her best-known work.

She exhibited with the SWE in London (1923) and at the 1934 Venice Biennale ‘ attaining full membership to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in the same year. She also made several tours of the United States, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1945. By the time of her death, Leighton had authored twelve books and made over 840 prints.

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Clare Leighton

ARTIST

Leighton, Clare

1898 – 1989

Clare Leighton attended the Brighton School of Art (1915), the Slade School of Fine Art (1921’23) and the Central School of Arts and Crafts. Despite her childhood nickname ‘The Bystander’, she became a hugely visible artist on both sides of the Atlantic, and her vast oeuvre includes engravings, paintings, bookplates, illustrations and stained glass. Her twelve plates for Wedgwood, New England Industries, 1952, are amongst her best-known work.

She exhibited with the SWE in London (1923) and at the 1934 Venice Biennale ‘ attaining full membership to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in the same year. She also made several tours of the United States, becoming a naturalised citizen in 1945. By the time of her death, Leighton had authored twelve books and made over 840 prints.

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ARTWORK FOR SALE

Clare Leighton - The Lord Reigneth BPL 655
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Lord Reigneth BPL 655, 1952
Clare Leighton - The Reverend Hill's Dream (BPL 499)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Reverend Hill’s Dream (BPL 499), 1942
Clare Leighton - The Reverend Hill Walks Away
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Reverend Hill Walks Away, BPL500, 1942
Clare Leighton - Mountain Man
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Chopping Wood, (BPL 524), 1942.
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton - Angels and Trumpets
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Angels and Trumpets, The Vision Splendid, BPL 762 1965
Clare Leighton - Lopping
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Lopping, In the Beginning, BPL 210 1933
Clare Leighton - The Sages
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Sages, BPL 225 1933
Clare Leighton - Earth is the Lords. "Our Daily Bread"
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Earth is the Lords. “Our Daily Bread”, BPL 766 1965
Clare Leighton - The Darking Thrush
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Darking Thrush, Hardy Shepherds, (Thomas Hardy), BPL 774b 1965
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton - The Book of Ecclesiastics
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Book of Ecclesiastics, BPL 669
Clare Leighton - Tobacco Market
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Tobacco Market, BPL 529 1942
Clare Leighton - Hog-Killing Girl
SKU: 9687
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Hog-Killing Girl, aka After the Hog Killing, aka Woman Carrying Binbath, BPL 515 1942
£3,500
Clare Leighton - Cotton Pickers
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Cotton Pickers, BPL490, 1941
Clare Leighton - Unto the Hills
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Unto the Hills, BPL 643
Clare Leighton - Top of the Rise
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Top of the Rise
Clare Leighton - Sunset with women riding side saddle with a male companion standing in the foreground
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Sunset with women riding side saddle with a male companion standing in the foreground
Clare Leighton - Ellen Hoeing
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Ellen Hoeing, BPL 575
Clare Leighton - Scarecrow
SKU: 7375
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Scarecrow, BPL 548 1942
£1,400
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Clare Leighton - Hog Killing
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Hog Killing, BPL 514 1942
Clare Leighton - There Be Three Things
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
There Be Three Things, BPL 668 1952
Clare Leighton - Planting Tabacco
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Planting Tobacco, BPL 565 1944
Clare Leighton - Winter (BPL 571) 1944
SKU: 7311
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Winter (BPL 571) 1944
£1,800
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Clare Leighton - Hog Killing
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Hog Killing, 1942
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Whaling from the New England Industries
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Whaling from the New England Industries, late 1940’s
Clare Leighton - Figure group
SKU: 7103
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Figure group, uneditioned woodblock
£3,500
Clare Leighton - Farmer and Statue of Liberty
SKU: 7098
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Farmer and Statue of Liberty, 1930’s
£4,750
Clare Leighton - Po' White Woman (BPL 520)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Po’ White Woman (BPL 520)
Clare Leighton - Frontispiece Ellen... (BPL 564)
SKU: 6005
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Frontispiece Ellen… (BPL 564), 1944
£1,100
Clare Leighton - To Everything There Is a Season
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
To Everything There Is a Season, Psalms (BPL 670)
Clare Leighton - Weighing Cotton (BPL 493)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Weighing Cotton (BPL 493)
Clare Leighton - Aunt Madge (BPL 502)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Aunt Madge (BPL 502)
Clare Leighton - The Reaper (BPL 221)
SKU: 5467
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Reaper (BPL 221), 1933
£5,000
Clare Leighton - Old Ollie (BP: 504)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Old Ollie (BP: 504)
Clare Leighton - The Sluggard Will Not Plow (BPL 666) Psalms
SKU: 5461
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Sluggard Will Not Plow (BPL 666) Psalms
£2,200
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton - Marble Quarrying
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Marble Quarrying, BPL604, 1949-50
Clare Leighton - BPL 664 Hear ye children (BPL664) Psalms
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
BPL 664 Hear ye children (BPL664) Psalms, circa 1952
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton - Logging
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Logging, BPL 608, 1949-50
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Clare Leighton - Tobacco Growing
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Tobacco Growing, BPL614, 1949-50
Clare Leighton - Farming
SKU: 5218
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Farming, BPL609, 1949-50
£18,000
Clare Leighton - Maple Sugaring
SKU: 5219
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Maple Sugaring, BPL610, 1949-50
£18,000
Forthcoming
Clare Leighton - Ice Cutting
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Ice Cutting, BPL607, 1949-50
Clare Leighton - Miller (BPL 497)
SKU: 5214
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Miller (BPL 497)
£2,800
Clare Leighton - Cod Fishing
SKU: 5215
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Cod Fishing, BPL613, 1949-50
£18,000

ARCHIVED WORKS

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Clare Leighton - The original designs for Southern Harvest
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The original designs for Southern Harvest, circa 1941
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Clare Leighton - In the Beginning
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
In the Beginning, BPL 716 1955
Clare Leighton - Those were Rolling Hills (Kentucky Scene)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Those were Rolling Hills (Kentucky Scene), BPL 566 1944
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Clare Leighton - Woman of Andros
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Woman of Andros, BPL 157 1930
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Clare Leighton - God's Familiars
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
God’s Familiars, Earth is the Lord’s, Gods Familiar, BPL 764 1965
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Clare Leighton - Shells & Seaweed
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Shells & Seaweed, BPL 680 1954
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Clare Leighton - "Where Land Meets Sea" (Coastline is the catalogues title
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
“Where Land Meets Sea” (Coastline is the catalogues title, The Beach is the title of the chapter), BPL 707
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Clare Leighton - Clam Diggers
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Clam Diggers, BPL 599
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Clare Leighton - The Cello Player
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Cello Player, BPL 722, circa 1957
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Clare Leighton - Whiteleaf Cross
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Whiteleaf Cross, BPL 255
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Clare Leighton - "All Creatures Here Below"
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
“All Creatures Here Below”, BPL 765
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Clare Leighton - Hauling in the nets
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Hauling in the nets
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Clare Leighton - The House at Phillips Place
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The House at Phillips Place, BPL 577
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Clare Leighton - The Haricot Planting
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Haricot Planting, BPL 768
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Clare Leighton - Ellen and Her Children (BPL578)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Ellen and Her Children (BPL578), 1944
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Lovers in the Wheat
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Hurricane… BPL 570 1944
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Clare Leighton - Dragging Brush BPL 569 1944
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Dragging Brush BPL 569 1944
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Clare Leighton - I know all the Fowls
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
I know all the Fowls, (BPL 650)
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Clare Leighton - Ship Wreck
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Ship Wreck, BPL 696
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Clare Leighton - Book with quill pen and ink bottle
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Book with quill pen and ink bottle
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Clare Leighton - Fishermen & Nets
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Fishermen & Nets, (BPL 615)
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Clare Leighton - Who Shall Ascend
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Who Shall Ascend, (BPL 646)
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Clare Leighton - The Magic of Handling Earth (BPL 488)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Magic of Handling Earth (BPL 488), By Light of Sun, circa 1941
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Clare Leighton - Fishing (chapter header) (BPL 689)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Fishing (chapter header) (BPL 689)
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Clare Leighton - I Was Just Thinking (BPL 729)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
I Was Just Thinking (BPL 729), 1958
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Clare Leighton - Louisiana Pilgrimage (BPL 525)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Louisiana Pilgrimage (BPL 525), 1942
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Clare Leighton - He Brought Streams
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
He Brought Streams, (BPL 653) Psalms, circa 1952
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Clare Leighton - Charm Me Asleep (BPL 758)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Charm Me Asleep (BPL 758), Music & Dreams, 1962
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Clare Leighton - Lovers in the Wheat Field BPL 570 1944
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Lovers In the Wheat field (BPL 570), 1944
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Clare Leighton - The Berry Picker (BPL 701)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Berry Picker (BPL 701)
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Clare Leighton - Cranberry Bogs (BPL 684)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Cranberry Bogs (BPL 684),
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Clare Leighton - Plot 3 (BPL ?)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Self Portrait musing
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Clare Leighton - Sorghum Mill (BPL516)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Sorghum Mill (BPL516)
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Clare Leighton - In The Morning Sow Thy Seed (BPL 672)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
In The Morning Sow Thy Seed (BPL 672), 1952
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Clare Leighton - Watchers Of The Sky (BPL 719)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Watchers Of The Sky (BPL 719), 1955
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Clare Leighton - Old Sam (BPL 526)
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Old Sam (BPL 526)
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Clare Leighton - He That Gathereth (BPL 665) Psalms
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
He That Gathereth (BPL 665) Psalms, 1952
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Clare Leighton - Out of the depths - (BPL 662) 1952
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
Out of the depths – (BPL 662) 1952
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Clare Leighton - The letter 'S' from The Farmer's Year
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The letter ‘S’ from The Farmer’s Year, 1933
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Clare Leighton - The letter 'G' from The Farmer's Year
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The letter ‘G’ from The Farmer’s Year, 1933
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Clare Leighton - The Farmer's Year
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The Farmer’s Year, 1933
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Clare Leighton - The letter 'M' from The Farmer's Year
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The letter ‘M’ from The Farmer’s Year, 1933
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Clare Leighton - The letter 'R' from The Farmer's Year
Clare Leighton (1898 - 1989)
The letter ‘R’ from The Farmer’s Year, 1933