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| 1960s Dame Laura Knight by Jitendra Arya bromide print 20.3 x 15.5 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 - 6 also.
This is part 7 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.
For a full biography see part 1, and for earlier works, see parts 1 - 6 also.
This is part 7 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.
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| Before the Show drypoint with aquatint 17.5 x 22.5 cm |
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| Cactus oil on canvas 50.5 x 40.5 cm |
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| Children Playing oil on panel 25.5 x 20.2 cm Private Collection |
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| Circus Dwarf Dressed as a Clown pencil 34.3 x 25.4 cm |
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| Circus Horse Waiting to go into the Ring pencil 37 x 27 cm |
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| Circus Performers charcoal 53 x 38 cm |
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| Clown charcoal 35.6 x 25.4 cm |
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| Clowns' Refreshment watercolour and charcoal 36 x 26.5 cm |
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| Derby Day, Epsom oil on canvas 64 x 76 cm |
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| Derby Day, Epsom pencil and watercolour 24 x 35 cm |
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| Diaghilev Ballet, backstage pencil and watercolour 37.5 x 27.4 cm |
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| Diedre De Peteyer study watercolour and charcoal 44.4 x 34.3 cm |
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| Ella Ardelty on the High Trapeze oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm |
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| Emigrants oil on canvas 61 x 50.8 cm |
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| En Attitude watercolour and gouache 22 x 14.5 cm |
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| Farm Landscape pencil and watercolour 26.5 x 37 cm |
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| Figures on a Swing aquatint 25 x 7.5 cm |
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| Finale, Skating Ballet gouache and coloured chalks 55 x 76 cm |
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| Finishing Touches oil on canvas 61 x 43 cm |
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| Fisherfolk baiting Lines on the Cobbles oil on canvas 44.5 x 53.3 cm |
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| Flower piece oil on canvas 60.9 x 50.8 cm |
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| Gypsies on Epsom Downs oil on canvas 75.4 x 62.8 cm Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, UK |
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| Gypsies, Caravan and Pony oil on canvas 62 x 75 cm Craven Museum & Gallery, Roebuck Collection, Skipton, UK |
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| Gypsy Wagon and Tent oil on canvas with traces of pencil 55.2 x 76.2 cm |
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| Ice Hockey oil on canvas 63.5 x 76.8 cm |
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| In a Café, Czechoslovakia ink and wash 34.5 x 49 cm |
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| In the Coulisses oil on panel 63 x 57 cm Falmouth Art Gallery, UK |
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| In the Orchard pencil and watercolour 60 x 49.5 cm |
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| Interior with Children Reading oil on canvas 34 x 28.5 cm |
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| Japanese Girl charcoal 35.5 x 25.4 cm |
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| Lamorna Cove oil on canvas |
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| Landing on the Wire pencil 38 x 28 cm |
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| Laugh, Clown, Laugh oil on canvas 50.8 x 61 cm |
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| London Hippodrome Programme 25.4 x 19.3 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
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| Major Peter Casson chalk 29 x 25 cm |
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| May Day oil on canvas 51 x 61 cm |
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| Merry-Go-Round etching 28.5 x 21 cm |
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| Mother and Child watercolour 35.5 x 24.5 cm |
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| Mousehole Harbour watercolour, gouache and black chalk 51 x 31.5 cm |
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| Mrs. Nicoll red chalk, pencil and charcoal 34.3 x 24.4 cm |
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| Nude in the Studio pencil, Watercolour and gouache 28 x 23 cm |
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| On the Beach artwork for a poster for "A Concert will be held at Jory's Hotel, Lamorna" watercolour with bodycolour over pencil on card 73 x 53 cm |
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| On the Cliffs oil on canvas 63.5 x 76 cm |
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| Opposite the Grandstand, Epsom watercolour and gouache over pencil 35.5 x 50.8 cm Private Collection |
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| Out of Dorothy's Rose Garden pastel and gouache on paper 26 x 32.5 cm |
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| Parham Prunella and her Foal oil and gouache on canvas 76 x 92 cm Suffolk Punch Heavy Horse Museum, Woodbridge, UK |
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| Pastoral Scene watercolour on paper 24 x 34 cm |
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| Patience Smith, Sister of Beulah oil on canvas 90.8 x 71.1 cm Private Collection |
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| Picking Flowers watercolour and gouache 35.5 x 54 cm |
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| Plough in the Cherry Orchard, Malvern Hills pencil, watercolour and gouache 62 x 84 cm |
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| Portrait of a Lady |
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| Portrait of Master John Walter Wolseley oil on canvas 101.6 x 76.2 cm |
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| Portrait of Sid Field pencil, sanguine, black and red chalk 55.8 x 38 cm |
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| Portrait, Two Women coloured chalks 62.2 x 48.3 cm Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa |