Flight, Claude, 1881-1955

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Name (Latin)
Flight, Claude, 1881-1955
Other forms of name
Flight, Walter Claude, 1881-1955
Date of birth
1881-02-16
Date of death
1955-10-10
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q5128835
Library of congress: n 87105724
HAI10: 000666236
Sources of Information
  • nuc87-59178: Parkins Gallery. A memorial exhibition of oils ... 1973(hdg. on CFS rept.: Flight, Claude, 1881-1955; usage: Claude Flight)
  • British colour linocuts of the 1920s, 1985:t.p. (Claude Flight) p. 3, etc. (b. London 1881; d. same 1955; linocut artist and teacher at Grosvenor School of Modern Art)
  • Oxford DNB online, 5 Nov. 2008(Walter Claude Flight, born 16 Feb. 1881, Kensington, London, died 10 Oct. 1955)
Wikipedia description:

Walter Claude Flight (born London 16 February 1881 - died Donhead St Andrew 10 October 1955) also known as Claude Flight or W. Claude Flight was a British artist who pioneered and popularised the linoleum cut technique. He also painted, illustrated and made wood cuts. He was the son of the British Museum mineralogist, Walter Flight FRS (1841-85).

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