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Dame Laura KnightDame Laura Knight, signed, charcoal on board drawing of behind theatre scene1921
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A beautifully composed drawing of 'A Barry Jackson Xmas Play' by Dame Laura Knight executed in 1921. The work is signed and titled and is in good condition. The full details are as follows:
Dame Laura Knight RA RWS (British, 1877 – 1970)
A Barry Jackson Xmas Play, 1921
signed and inscribed in pen ‘Repertory Theatre / Birmingham / Laura Knight’ (lower right), signed ‘Laura Knight’ and inscribed with the title (lower left)
charcoal on board
9.3/4 x 13.3/8 in. (25 x 34 cm.)
Dame Laura Knight was one of the leading female artists of the twentieth century. She studied at Nottingham School of Art and in 1898 she moved to Staithes, where she set up a Studio. In 1903 she married the artist Harold Knight and following a short interval painting in Holland, they moved to Newlyn, where they became leading members of the Newlyn School of Artists. In 1919 she moved to St. John's Wood, which was to be the base for the remainder of her life. Laura Knight was the first woman artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire.
Although Knight painted various subjects, her reputation was founded on paintings of the ballet and the circus. She painted backstage at the Diaghilev ballet’s sessions in London and took lessons at Tillers dance academy in St Martin’s Lane in order to draw there. She also traveled with the Mills and Carmos Circus. An accomplished portraitist, she painted wartime commissions and was an official war artist at the Nuremburg War Trials.
- Creator:Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970, British)
- Creation Year:1921
- Dimensions:Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 13.38 in (33.99 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)
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- Condition:some dirt spots, mainly to edges, float mounted, with further mount behind glass in a handfinished black frame. Overall in good order.
- Gallery Location:Petworth, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU540312638532
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