 |
| 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 - 7 also.
This is part 8 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 - 7 also.
This is part 8 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.
 |
| Portrait of a Young Woman oil on canvas 60.9 x 50.8 cm Private Collection |
 |
| Putting on Shoes pencil and watercolour 49 x 33 cm Private Collection |
 |
| Randy and George Baker, Backstage at a Circus watercolour and pastel 36 x 26 cm |
 |
| Richard Bonelly, the Clown pencil 37 x 27 cm |
 |
| Richmond Park No. 2 oil on canvas 63.2 x 76.1 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
 |
| Rose and Gold oil on canvas 60.9 x 50.8 cm |
 |
| Russian Ballet No.1 pen, brush and ink 40.6 x 34.3 cm Private Collection |
 |
| Salt and Saucy etching and aquatint 20.3 x 27.3 cm |
 |
| Shearing Sheep oil on canvas 63.5 x 76 cm |
 |
| Sketch of a Woman with Ice Skates charcoal on paper 37 x 27.1 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
 |
| Sketch of an Aerialist charcoal on paper 36.9 x 26.7 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
 |
| Sketch of Dancers oil on canvas 45.4 x 50.5 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
 |
| Sketch of Two Performers Looking Through a Curtain charcoal on paper 35.6 x 27.1 cm © Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
 |
| Sleeping Dancer drypoint etching 26.5 x 37 cm |
 |
| Springtime pencil and watercolour on paper 35 x 40.6 cm |
 |
| Still Life of Chrysanthemums oil on canvas 39.5 x 29.2 cm |
 |
| Storm over our Town, Malvern oil on canvas 76.2 x 101.6 cm |
 |
| Storm, Malvern 63.4 x 76.1 cm Royal Academy of Arts, London |
 |
| Sunday Afternoon in Hyde Park oil on canvas 76.2 x 63.5 cm |
 |
| Sundown oil on canvas 61 x 91.5 cm Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK |
 |
| Supper on the Upper Deck of the Hamburg crayon and charcoal 26 x 32 cm |
 |
| Susie etching24.2 x 34.3 cm |
 |
| Swimming Pool pencil 35.6 x 25.4 cm |
 |
| Switch Works oil on canvas 153 x 113 cm |
 |
| The Ballerina, Lydia Lopokova oil on canvas 36 x 41 cm |
 |
| The Bather oil on canvas 66 x 40.5 cm |
 |
| The Circus Horse watercolour and bodycolour 56.5 x 77 cm |
 |
| The Coil of Hair oil on canvas 90 x 59 cm Dover Collections, UK |
 |
| The Dark Pool Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle |
 |
| The Dressing Room oil on canvas 64 x 76 cm |
 |
| The End of the Dance (Pavlova in The Dying Swan) oil on canvas 45.7 x 49.5 cm Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermarirzburg |
 |
| The Flower 1 oil on canvas 229 x 245 cm |
 |
| The Garden Door oil on canvas 61 x 51 cm |
 |
| The Hop Pickers ink and wash 38 x 28 cm |
 |
| The Hop Pickers, Malvern oil on canvas 76 x 63 cm |
 |
| The Malvern Hills red and black chalks 49.5 x 66 cm |
 |
| The Morning Ride pencil and watercolour with scratching out on paper 126.4 x 100 cm |
 |
| The Unfortunate aquatint 36 x 37.3 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
 |
| The Young Anglers oil on canvas 63.5 x 76 cm |
 |
| Three Graces of Ballet soft ground etching 35 x 24.7 cm Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
 |
| Tight-Rope charcoal 35.5 x 26 cm |
 |
| Trapeze Artist charcoal 34.9 x 27.9 cm |
 |
| Two Young Girls Walking on the Coast pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour on board 53.3 x 58.1 cm |
 |
| Tying Her Shoes drypoint 25.3 x 35 cm (plate) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA |
 |
| Tying Her Shoes watercolour and charcoal 56 x 38 cm |
 |
| Under the Big Top oil on canvas 87.5 x 110 cm |
 |
| View from the Malvern Hills oil on canvas 59.7 x 50.7 cm |
 |
| Waiting to go into the Ring watercolour and charcoal 36 x 25.5 cm |
 |
| Waiting to go on Stage watercolour and gouache, with charcoal, on ivory wove paper laid down on board 39.6 x 52.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, IL |
 |
| Wheelwrights, Czechoslovakia watercolour, chalks and crayon 32.5 x 50.5 cm |
 |
| Whimsical Walker coloured crayon and gouache over pencil 36.5 x 26.5 cm |
 |
| Whimsical's Last Year at Olympia pencil 37 x 27 cm |
 |
| Wind and Sun watercolour and gouache over pencil on linen 96.5 x 112 cm |