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Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS (née 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, who embraced English Impressionism .
Learn about Laura Knight, a Dame and a Royal Academy member who painted the world of theatre, ballet and war. Explore her 43 artworks in oils, watercolours and etchings at Wikiart.org.
- British
- August 4, 1877
- Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
- July 7, 1970
Learn about the life and works of Dame Laura Knight, the United Kingdom's greatest and most famous female impressionist painter. Find out how to apply for copyright, browse her catalogue, and contribute to her catalogue raisonné.
Learn about the life and work of Dame Laura Knight, a prominent English painter in the figurative and realist tradition. She was a successful and influential artist who painted theatre, ballet, war and marginalised communities.
Learn about Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), one of Britain’s most successful female artists of the 20th century. The society promotes her work, especially in the Malverns, Worcestershire, where she and her husband Harold lived.
Dame Laura Knight, DBE RA RWS was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced...
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Laura Knight (1877–1970) National Portrait Gallery, London. (b Long Eaton, Derbyshire, 4 Aug. 1877; d London, 7 July 1970). British painter. In the first half of the century she was one of the most highly regarded of British artists and in 1936 she became the first woman to be created a Royal Academician since the original women members ...
