The Art and Craft of Lino Cutting and Printing by Claude Flight

Claude Flight|Jarrold & Sons|B. T. Batsford, Ltd.

1934 · Illustrated bound book · Drawings and Prints

Flight wrote two manuals and numerous articles on the linocut technique. Reproduced here on the cover of his 1934 manual, The Art and Craft of Lino Cutting and Printing, is Speed, which became closely associated with him. Its long sinuous lines, simplified shapes, spare decorative elements, and flat planes of color showed that linocut was an ideal technique with which to create dynamic images of contemporary life. Linoleum—machine-made, inexpensive, new to fine art, and readily available—exemplified Flight’s belief in democratizing art production. Although tools were sold for linocutting, amateur artists of all ages could make linocuts in their homes, with materials at hand (such as a knife or an umbrella rib, and a sheet of soft linoleum) and without the expertise and expense of professional printers.

Artist

Claude Flight|Jarrold & Sons|B. T. Batsford, Ltd.

Date

1934

Medium

Illustrated bound book

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Leslie and Johanna Garfield Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace, Charles and Jessie Price, and David T Schiff Gifts, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Dolores Valvidia Hurlburt Bequest, Peco Foundation and Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and funds from various donors, 2019