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| 1936 Dame Laura Knight bromide print 17.6 x 23.1 cm Creative Commons Licence © National Portrait Gallery, London |
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 see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 3 also.
This is part 4 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
1934-37 Ceramics:
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For a full biography see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 3 also.
This is part 4 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
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| 1931 Christmas Celebrations charcoal 35.3 x 26.5 cm |
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| 1931 The Bedroom (details not found) |
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| 1931-322 A Seaside Holiday 127 x 101.6 cm Private Collection |
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| 1932 Con Colleano - a landing after a forward somersault (Olympia 1932) pencil on paper 36.6 x 27 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1932 George Bernard Shaw oil on canvas 60.9 x 50.8 cm Hereford City Museum, UK |
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| issued 1932 Too True To Be Good colour lithograph poster for theatre production of George Bernard Shaw's play 75.1 x 51 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1932 Miss Patricia Thompson oil on board 76 x 63.5 cm Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| 1932 Stella aquatint 30 x 24.6 cm (plate) |
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| 1932 Trio Gymnastique aquatint 36.2 x 24.7 cm |
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| 1932 Two French Dwarfs charcoal on paper 27 x 37.2 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1932-34 Vanity drypoint 27.5 x 22.4 cm (plate) |
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| c1932 The Ballet Shoe oil on board 46 x 40 cm Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries, UK |
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| c1932 The Rosinbacks oil on canvas 78 x 63.5 cm The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent, UK |
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| 1933 Spring in St John's Wood, London oil on canvas 130.2 x 115.6 cm Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK |
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| 1933 The Chinese Juggler pencil, watercolour and charcoal 37 x 27 cm |
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| 1933 The Unwise Ones auto-lithograph 29 x 20 cm published in Studio magazine |
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| 1933c An English Hillside etching in black on ivory laid paper 31.4 x 22.4 cm (plate) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1933 An English Hillside etching in black on ivory laid paper 31.4 x 22.4 cm (plate) Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
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| c1933 The Trestle Bridge at Staithes watercolour heightened with white 29.2 x 40.7 cm |
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| 1934 Edith Broster oil on canvas 91.4 x 71.1 cm |
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| 1934 The Gyppos oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK |
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| 1937 Dita Boa at The London Palladium watercolour, charcoal and coloured chalks 51.5 x 39 cm Private Collection |
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| 1935 Circus Figures watercolour 25.5 x 20 cm |
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| c1935 A Theatre Dressing Room oil on canvas 74.3 x 62.9 cm Glasgow Museums Resource Centre, UK |
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| c1935 Chelsea Embankment oil on canvas 96.5 x 127.5 cm McLean Museum and Art Gallery, Greenock, UK |
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| c1935 Ethel Bartlett (Pianist) oil on canvas 198.1 x 116.8 cm Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1935 Studio Window (View fron Cheyne Walk, Chelsea) oil on canvas 101.5 x 127 cm |
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| 1936 Ballet oil on canvas 63 x 76.5 cm Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral, UK |
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| 1936-38 Ascot Finery oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection, UK |
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| 1937 Dita Boa at The London Palladium watercolour, charcoal and coloured chalks 51.5 x 39 cm Private Collection |
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| 1937 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition poster lithograph 72.7 x 50 |
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| 1937 September Radiance artwork for a London Transport poster 29.7 x 18.6 cm (poster) |
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| 1937 Young Gypsies oil on canvas 63.4 x 76.2 cm Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1937 Holiday Time No.2 oil on canvas 74.9 x 62.2 cm Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa |
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| c1937 Motley preparing for her entrance oil on canvas 157 x 122 cm |
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| before 1938 The Trick Act oil on canvas 102 x 127 cm Touchstones Rochdale, UK |
1934-37 Ceramics:
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| c1934-35 Clarice Cliff "Bizarre" pottery Circus Plate |
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| 1937 Commemorative Mug for the Coronation of King Edward VIII He abdicated before the Coronation took place |
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| 1937 Commemorative Mug for the Coronation of King George VI |
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| 1937 Commemorative Mug for the Coronation of King George VI |
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| Ballerinas Jug 28 cm high |
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| Water Jug 28 cm high |
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| Ballerinas Tankard 16.5 cm high |
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| Ballerinas Charger 46 cm diameter |
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| Candlesticks (Clowns) |
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| Sugar Bowl and Cover (Clowns) |