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| 1926 Portrait of Laura Knight by Harold Knight oil on canvas 40.6 x 31.7 cm |
Dame Laura Knight nee Laura Johnson (4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition and who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for women artists.
In 1929 she was created a Dame, and in 1936 became the first woman elected to full membership of the Royal Academy. Her large retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1965 was the first for a woman. Knight was known for painting amidst the world of the theatre and ballet in London, and for being a war artist during the Second World War. She was also greatly interested in, and inspired by, marginalised communities and individuals, including Gypsies and circus performers
For a full biography, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
For a full biography, and for earlier works, see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
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| 1917 The Cornish Coast oil on canvas 64.8 x 76.3 cm National Museum Cardiff, Wales, UK |
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| before 1918 The Green Sea, Lamorna oil on canvas 61 x 76 cm |
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| before 1919 The Fairground, Penzance oil on canvas 139.7 x 189.9 cm |
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| 1918 Physical Training Camp oil on canvas 259 x 365.8 cm Canadian War Museum, Ottowa |
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| 1919-20 Sketch of Tamara Karsavina (details not found) |
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| c1919 Lamorna Cove oil on canvas 99 x 137.1 cm |
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| c1919 Lamorna Cove oil on canvas 49.5 x 58.4 cm |
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| c1919 The Fair oil on canvas 61.7 x 92.1 cm Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK |
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| before 1920 Carnival waiting to go on pen, brush and ink 38.1 x 45.7 cm |
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| 1920 Carnival oil on canvas 101.6 x 132.6 cm Manchester Art Gallery, UK |
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| 1920 Dressing Room No. 2 etching and aquatint 15.9 x 22.3 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1920 On the Beach, Lamorna Cove pencil 17 x 26.5 cm |
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| 1920 Portrait of Robert Newton age 15 oil on canvas 76.2 x 61 cm |
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| c1920-21 Ballet Dancer oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1920-30 Three Clowns etching |
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| 1920-30 Three Clowns oil on canvas 77.5 x 63.5 cm Leicester City Museum & Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1920-30 Spanish Dancers aquatint 26.7 x 21,3 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 A Dancer drypoint 30.2 x 19.8 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 Dressing Room at a Circus aquatint 35.2 x 24.9 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 Gilding the Lily soft ground etching 29.6 x 19.1 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 Girl Bathing drypoint 34.9 x 24.8 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 Powder and Paint aquatint 33.3 x 25.2 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 Putting on Tights etching 20.2 x 17.5 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| c1920-50 Three Graces soft ground etching 35.5 x 25.2 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA. |
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| c1920 Parade of the Elephants oil on canvas |
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| 1921 Lubov Tchernicheva oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1921 Summer's Joy colour lithograph poster 100 x 62 cm |
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| 1922 Autumn Sunlight, Sennen Cove, Cornwall oil on canvas 59.7 x 74.9 cm Birmingham Museums Trust, UK |
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| 1922 On The Olympic black chalk 30.5 x 24.2 cm |
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| 1922 On The Olympic chalk 29.8 x 23.5 cm |
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| 1922 Two Girls by a Jetty oil on canvas 34.3 x 38.1 cm Newnham College, University of Cambridge, UK |
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| c1922 At the Folies Bergères etching 12.7 x 17.6 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| c1922c Motherhood oil on canvas 77.5 x 66 cm Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1922 The Mirror oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm Bolton Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| 1923 A Chorus etching and aquatint 17.1 x 24.9 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 A Crowd etching and aquatint 10.2 x 12.7 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 A Fair etching and aquatint 26.2 x 19.7 cm |
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| 1923 A Quarrel etching and aquatint 22.6 x 17.6 cm |
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| 1923 At the Folies Bergères aquatint and drypoint 22.5 x 17.5 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 At the Footlights etching and aquatint 19.7 x 14 cm |
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| 1923 Bank Holiday etching and aquatint 26.7 x 21 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 Dancer Resting etching and aquatint 17.8 x 12.5 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 Dancing on Hampstead Heath etching and aquatint on white wove paper 27.3 x 19.3 cm (plate) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| 1923 Dressing Room No.1 etching and aquatint 15 x 19.9 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1923 Ethel Bartlett charcoal on paper 33 x 23.5 cm |
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| 1923 Gemini aquatint 30.2 x 24.8 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 Grecian Dancer No.1 (Pavlova) etching and aquatint 24.9 x 17.5 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 Grecian Dancer No.2 etching and aquatint 25.1 x 17.4 cm |
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| 1923 Mr and Mrs Whimsical Walker and Buffer pencil 37 x 27 cm |
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| 1923 Sennen Beach oil on canvas 64 x 76 cm |
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| 1923 Spanish Dancer etching and aquatint 26.4 x 21.3 cm (plate) |
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| 1923 The Rehearsal oil on canvas 89.5 x 69.5 cm The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent, UK |
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| 1924 Awaiting her Turn (Ready for her Act) oil on canvas 45.7 x 40.6 cm |