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| 1936 Dame Laura Knight half-plate glass negative Bassano Vandyk Studios Creative Commons Licence © National Portrait Gallery, London 4 |
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 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
Note: The remainder of works in this series on Dame Laura Knight are undated
(dates not found by me)
For a full biography see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 5 also.
This is part 6 of an 8-part series on the works of Dame Laura Knight:
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| 1949 Changing Weather, Stourport watercolour and chalk on paper 57.2 x 79 cm H.M. Government Art Collection, UK |
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| before 1950 An Infant aquatint 30.9 x 29.5 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
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| 1950 Princess Elizabeth (HM Queen Elizabeth II) charcoal and red chalk on pale grey/green paper 38 x 28 cm |
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| 1950 Rainbow and Storm over a Rural Landscape watercolour 71.7 x 81.3 cm Castle Museum, Nottingham, UK |
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| 1951 A Dressing Room at Drury Lane oil on canvas 74.2 x 61.5 cm Atkinson Art Gallery Collection, UK |
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| before 1951 Chloe black chalk, watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic, on paper 36.2 x 24.5 cm Private Collection |
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| before 1951 The Finishing Horse "Allez-Oop" charcoal and chalk 48.3 x 61.6 cm Private Collection |
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| c1951 The Water Can (Beulah) oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm |
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| 1959 Beulah on Top of the Hills oil on canvas 118 x 71 cm |
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| before 1953 Comedy Riders oil on canvas 61.1 x 76.2 cm |
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| before 1953 Wheatfield watercolour and black chalk on paper 40 x 57 cm H.M. Government Art Collection, UK |
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| 1953 The Queen's Coronation Ceremony passing along Oxford Street oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm |
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| c1953 Backstage, Hamlet chalk and wash on paper 34.5 x 25 cm H.M. Government Art Collection, UK |
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| c1953 Early Morning at a Gypsy Camp oil on canvas 96.5 x 150 cm |
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| c1954 Theatre Scene watercolour and chalk on paper 43.5 x 33 cm H.M. Government Art Collection, UK |
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| 1955 Joan Rhodes oil on canvas 51 x 51 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| before 1956 A Misty Sunrise oil on canvas 76 x 96 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| before 1956 Portrait of Jane oil on canvas 79 x 66 cm |
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| 1956 Clowns with a Prop Donkey pencil, watercolour and charcoal 51 x 37 cm |
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| 1956 Princess Marie-Louise (1872-1956) pencil and charcoal 38.1 x 25.4 cm |
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| 1956 Sketch of Hands pencil and charcoal 25.4 x 33 cm |
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| c1956 Sketch of Hands pencil and charcoal 35.5 x 25.4 cm |
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| 1956 Two Clowns watercolour and charcoal 50 x 34 cm |
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| 1957 Ballerinas, at the Make-Up Table oil on canvas 91 x 61 cm Private Collection |
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| 1957 Margaret Jane Smyth OBE oil on canvas 76.2 x 58.4 cm Guys & St. Thomas Charity, London |
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| 1958 Circus Performer charcoal on paper 29.2 x 20.3 cm |
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| 1958 Summer's Day charcoal? 24 x 34 cm |
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| 1958 The Curtain Call oil on canvas 63.8 x 76.2 cm Private Collection |
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| c1959 The Pool No. 2 oil on canvas 94 x 63.6 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
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| 1960 Members of the Bolshoi Ballet pencil, chalk and watercolour 38.7 x 55.9 cm |
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| 1960 Portrait of Lady Hayter oil on canvas 67.3 x 55.9 cm |
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| 1963 before Haifa and Hassan oil on canvas 61 x 51 cm |
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| 1964 Harvesting, Malvern oil on canvas 76.5 x 96.5 cm |
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| 1966 Malcolm oil on canvas 63.5 x 56 cm |
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| c1966 Malcolm charcoal 31.5 x 52 cm |
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| c1966 Malcolm No.3 oil on canvas 60.9 x 55.8 cm |
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| Malcolm No.3 study red conte crayon 32 x 52 cm |
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| before 1967 Setting Sun oil on canvas 127 x 102 cm |
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| c1967 The Cruel Sea oil on canvas 76 x 64 cm Bolton Museum and Art Gallery. UK |
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| 1970 Vijayalakshmi Pandit (unfinished) oil on canvas 91.7 x 61.4 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
Note: The remainder of works in this series on Dame Laura Knight are undated
(dates not found by me)
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| A Dull Day at Epsom oil on canvas 63.5 x 76 cm |
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| A Fair etching and aquatint 27.3 x 19.7 cm |
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| A Girl Reading (Florence Carter Wood - Mrs Alfred Munnings) pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and with scratching out on paper 61 x 50.8 cm |
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| A Mother and Child in a Kitchen oil on canvas 61 x 50.8 cm |
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| A Performer Looking Through a Curtain charcoal on paper 37.9 x 27.1 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| A Turkey in a Landscape pencil, watercolour and gouache on paper 34.3 x 39.4 cm |
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| A Woman with Ice Skates charcoal on paper 37 x 27.1 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Alfred Munnings Reading oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm |
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| Alice with Kitty and her Donkeys on the Malvern Hills oil on canvas 65 x 77 cm |
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| An Aerialist charcoal on paper 36.9 x 26.7 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| An O'gut and Two Lions oil on canvas 50.8 x 45.7 cm |
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| Backstage ink, watercolour and gouache 27.9 x 17.8 cm |
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| Ballet Dancer pen and ink 35.5 x 20.5 cm |
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| Before the Act watercolor and pen and brush and black ink, on ivory wove paper 36.8 x 26.9 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |