Clare Veronica Hope Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Clare Veronica Hope
Early Life and Education Born: April 12, 1898, London, United Kingdom Died: November 4, 1989 Parents: Robert Leighton (author) and Marie Connor Leighton (author) Early artistic encouragement from father and uncle Jack Leighton. Studied at Brighton College of Art (1915). Training at Slade School of Fine Art (1921–1923) and Central School of Arts and Crafts, studying wood engraving under Noel Rooke. Artistic Career and Deve
lopment Developed a strong affinity for portraying rural life and the dignity of labor through sketching trips in Europe. Visited the United States on lecture tours during the 1920s and 1930s, eventually emigrating in 1939. Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1945. Awarded the Mr. And Mrs. Frank G. Logan First Prize ($100) by the Art Institute of Chicago in 1930. Friendship with H.L. Mencken while living in Baltimore. Kno…