Clare Leightons Rural Life: An Anthology Leighton Clare
Clare Leightons Rural Life: An Anthology Leighton Clare An anthology of writings and artwork by noted wood engraver Clare Leighton.Clare Leighton was one of the most prolific and highly regarded wood…
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Clare Leightons Rural Life: An Anthology Leighton Clare
An anthology of writings and artwork by noted wood engraver Clare Leighton.Clare Leighton was one of the most prolific and highly regarded wood engravers of her time, leaving behind a body of work that reflected her rural life in Britain and North America. Her two best-loved publications, The Farmer's Year and Four Hedges, reflect this passion for the British countryside. During the 1930s, as the world around her became increasingly technological, industrial, and urban, Leighton portrayed rural men and women and the ancient methods they used to work the land that would soon vanish forever.
Leighton also Less well known are her books illustrating and describing rural life in the United States of America, where she emigrated and became a naturalized citizen in 1945, including Southern Harvest and Where Land Meets Sea: The Tide Line of Cape Cod.