id: 115650 accession number: 1936.367 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.367 updated: 2023-12-08 21:47:53.386000 The Neighbors' Kids, 1936. Walter Leroy Flint (American, 1909–1991). Wood engraving; The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland 1936.367 title: The Neighbors' Kids title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1936 creation date earliest: 1936 creation date latest: 1936 current location: creditline: Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland copyright: --- culture: America, Ohio, Cleveland technique: wood engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Wood engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Walter Leroy Flint (American, 1909–1991) - artist Although best known for his post-1945 modernist paintings, Leroy Flint humorous and satirical prints of everyday life made during the Depression rank among his finest work. He was born and raised in Ashtabula, Ohio. Paying for his education through scholarships and odd jobs, he attended the Cleveland School of Art, 1932–36. After graduation, he worked for the Works Progress Administration on the graphic arts, mural, and adult education projects. On the graphic arts project Flint made a series of lithographs sketched while he was on a year-long shanty boat trip down the Ohio River. He lost his WPA salary, however, when he continued his trip outside the state of Ohio. Returning to Cleveland, he made murals for the Valleyview housing project, the community building of the Woodhill Homes housing project, and the Oxford School, all dated 1940. While on the WPA he was a member and executive secretary of the Cleveland Artist’s Union and a member of the American Artists’ Congress. During World War II, Flint was a senior instructor in the map reproduction department of the Army Corps of Engineering specialty school in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He was the director of public information for the Cleveland City Planning Commission, 1946–49, quitting to teach at the Cleveland Museum of Art and pursue graduate studies at Western Reserve College. In the 1950s he became an advocate of abstract art and began working at the Akron Art Institute, where he held the positions of instructor, curator of education, and director. He left the Akron Art Institute in 1965 to become professor of art at Kent State University, where he also worked as director of the University Galleries. Flint lived in Cuyahoga Falls until his death.
Transformations in Cleveland Art. (CMA, 1996), p. 228 --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen opening date: 1936-05-06T04:00:00 The May Show: 18th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1936). title: Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings opening date: 1937-10-06T05:00:00 Recent Accessions of Prints and Drawings. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 6-31, 1937). title: May Show Prints: Purchases for 1936-1938 opening date: 1938-11-09T05:00:00 May Show Prints: Purchases for 1936-1938. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 4, 1938). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Walter Leroy Flint Entry Card to 1936 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. page number: url: https://archive.org/details/CMAMS03955/ --- IMAGES