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| 1936 Dame Laura Knight half-plate glass negative Bassano & Vandyk Studios 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 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
For a full biography see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
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| 1938 Old Gypsy Woman oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1938 Olympian Act charcoal 27 x 37 |
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| 1938 Ready to Show oil on canvas 44 x 49 cm Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1938 Circus Matinee oil on canvas 83.8 x 114.3 cm Perth & Kinross Council, UK |
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| 1938 Running Home watercolour and black chalk 55 x 77 cm |
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| c1938 Epsom Downs oil on canvas 63.5 x 76.2 cm Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1938 Hop-Picking – Granny Knowles oil on canvas 64 x 51 cm Canterbury Museums and Galleries, UK |
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| c1938 Ready for Rehearsal watercolour and charcoal 55.8 x 38.1 cm Harrogate Museum & Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1938 Romany Belles oil on canvas 76.5 x 63.9 cm Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, UK |
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| before 1939 Gypsies at Home oil on canvas 76.2 x 96.5 cm |
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| before 1939 The Gypsy oil on canvas 61 x 40.6 cm Tate, London |
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| 1939 Gypsy Splendour aka Fine Feathers oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, UK |
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| c1939-40 Tell Your Fortune, Lady oil on canvas 76 x 63.5 cm Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford, UK |
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| 1939-45 Assistant Section Leader E. Henderson, MM, and Sergeant H. Turner, MM, Women's Auxiliary Air Service oil on canvas 114 x 81 cm The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, London |
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| c1939 Hop Picking oil on canvas 77.5 x 64.8 cm Canterbury City Museum, UK |
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| 1940 Corporal J.D.M. Pearson, GC, WAAF oil on canvas 91.4 x 60.9 cm Imperial War Museum, London © Art.IWM ART LD 626 |
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| 1940 Gypsy Plaiting Her Hair oil on canvas 73.6 x 60.9 cm Private Collection |
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| 1940 Land Army Girl pencil, charcoal and watercolour on board |
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| 1940 Plough in the Cherry Orchard oil on canvas 51 x 61 cm |
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| 1940 Thousands of Women Needed Now in the ATS WAAF poster published by HMSO (His Majesty's Stationery Office) |
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| 1940-47 Sundown oil on canvas 61 x 91.5 cm Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK |
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| 1941 Corporal Josephine Maude Gwynne Robins oil on canvas 91.4 x 60.9 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1467) |
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| 1941 Portrait of a Young Girl in Profile pencil and charcoal 56 x 37 cm |
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| 1942 Betty and William Jacklin oil on canvas 61 x 51 cm |
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| 1942 In for Repairs oil on canvas 101.5 x 127 cm Harris Museum & Art Gallery, Preston, UK |
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| 1943 A Balloon Site, Coventry oil on canvas 102.5 x 127 cm Imperial War Museum, London © Art.IWM ART LD 2750 |
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| 1943 Carting Corn drypoint 20 x 31.8 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| 1943 Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring oil on canvas 86.3 x 101.9 cm Imperial War Museum, London © Art.IWM ART LD 2850 |
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| 1943 The Army Boxing Match oil on canvas |
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| 1943 Study for The Army Boxing Match pencil on paper 24.5 x 32 cm |
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| c1943 Take-Off: Interior of a Bomber Aircraft oil on canvas 182.8 x 152.4 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM ART LD 3834 |
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| 1944 May Day oil on canvas 51 x 61 cm |
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| 1944 Bomber Construction watercolour 177.8 x 207.6 cm British Motor Museum, UK |
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| c1945-50 Study of Sonja Henie ink over pencil on card 13.5 x 18.1 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| c1945-50 The Arabesque on Skates watercolour and gouache 57 x 78.8 cm |
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| 1946 G.D. Roberts pastel 6.5 x 8.6 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5862) |
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| 1946 Lord Justice Lawrence pastel 57 x 40 cm Imperial War Museum, London © Art.IWM ART LD 5865 |
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| 1946 The Nuremberg Trial oil 182.8 x 152.4 cm Imperial War Museum, London © Art.IWM ART LD 5798 |
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| 1946 The Nuremberg Trial sketch 28.8 x 39.7 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5931) |
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| 1946 The Nuremberg Trial sketch 57.4 x 39.3 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5929) |
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| 1946 The Nuremberg Trial sketch chalk and wash 56.5 x 38.1 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5930) |
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| 1946 The Nuremberg Trial sketch chalk and wash 78.7 x 57.1 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5928) |
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| 1946 The Rt Hon Sir David Maxwell Fyfe pastel 52 x 34.7 cm Imperial War Museum, London © IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 5864) |
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| 1946c Hereford Beacon, near Malvern watercolour 38.1 x 55.8 cm |
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| c1946 Portrait of Major Peter Casson chalk 29 x 25 cm |
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| 1946c The Frozen Pond oil on canvas 112 x 160 cm Art Gallery New South Wales, Australia |
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| 1947 No.1 Dressing Room oil on canvas 151 x 126 cm Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, UK |
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| 1947 Portrait of a Young Girl in Profile charcoal with pencil 56 x 37 cm |
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| 1947 The Little Beggar oil on canvas 100.5 x 127 cm Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, UK |
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| before 1948 Bathing oil on canvas 61 x 61 cm |
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| before 1948 The Invaders oil on canvas 91.5 x 59.7 cm |
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| 1948 Princess Elizabeth Opening the New Broadgate, Coventry oil on canvas 183.5 x 230 cm Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK |
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| 1948 The Yellow Dress (The Wardrobe Room, Stratford-on-Avon) oil on canvas 77 x 63.7 cm Worcester City Museums, UK |
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| 1948 William Hodgson Malcolm - Lord Mayor of Coventry charcoal and pastel 64 x 48 cm |
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| before 1949 Costume Parade, The Marvellous History of St. Bernard 1926 watercolour and Gouache over pencil 50.8 x 35.5 cm Sir Barry Jackson Trust |