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        "tombstone": "The Mail Box, 1937. Walter Leroy Flint (American, 1909\u20131991). Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1937.76",
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        "title": "The Mail Box",
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            "Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)"
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            "America"
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        "department": "Prints",
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                {
                    "id": 382028,
                    "title": "The May Show: 19th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
                    "description": "<i>The May Show: 19th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 5-June 19, 1937).",
                    "opening_date": "1937-05-05T04:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 345621,
                    "title": "May Show Prints: Purchases for 1936-1938",
                    "description": "<i>May Show Prints: Purchases for 1936-1938</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9-December 4, 1938).",
                    "opening_date": "1938-11-09T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 312185,
                    "title": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show",
                    "description": "<i>Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).",
                    "opening_date": "1943-01-13T05:00:00"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Walter Leroy Flint Entry Card to 1937 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS04328/"
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        "creditline": "Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland",
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                "description": "Walter Leroy Flint (American, 1909\u20131991)",
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                "biography": "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\u201336. 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\u2019s Union and a member of the American Artists\u2019 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\u201349, 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. <br><em>Transformations in Cleveland Art.</em> (CMA, 1996), p. 228",
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