Research Catalog

Title

Laura Knight : a panoramic view / edited by Fay Blanchard & Anthony Spira.

Publication

London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2021.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blanchard, Fay
• Spira, Anthony
• Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970.
• Nunn, Pamela Gerrish
• Himid, Lubaina, 1954-
• Hatchwell, Sophie
• Starkey, Hannah, 1971-
• Milton Keynes Gallery, host institution.

Description

216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 cm

Summary

"Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the most famous and popular English artists of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to have a solo exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, in 1965. In the following decades her realist style of painting fell out of fashion and her work became largely overlooked. A new generation has rediscovered her work, finding a contemporary resonance in her depictions of women at work, of people from marginalized communities and her contributions as a war artist. This beautifully illustrated book, which accompanies a major exhibition at MK Gallery, provides an overview of Knight's illustrious career: from her training at Nottingham Art School at the age of 13 and her time in North Yorkshire and Cornwall, to her visits to traveller communities and a segregated American hospital. It also features her circus, ballet and theatre scenes, paintings of women during the war and her late paintings of nature. The selection of over 160 works combines celebrated paintings with less known graphic and design works, including ceramics, jewellery and costumes that reflect the artist's enduring interest in the everyday activities of people from all walks of life."--Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Panoramic view

Subject

• Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970 > Exhibitions
• Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970
• Women artists > Great Britain > History > 20th century > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Laura Knight : a panoramic view', MK Gallery, [Milton Keynes, England], 9 October 2021-20 February 2022"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.

Contents

A Panoramic View / Fay Blanchard & Anthony Spira -- Timeline -- Journey to fame / Pamela Gerrish Nunn -- Early work -- Newlyn -- The Heat of their bodies / Lubaina Himid -- The interwar years / Sophie Hatchwell -- Ballet -- Pictures within pictures / Hannah Starkey -- Circus -- Between painting and performance / Monster Chetwynd -- Theatre -- Between the acts -- A complicated artist / Barbara Walker -- Gypsies -- The sky for a ceiling / Damian Le Bas -- Dame Laura's one-man show / Sacha Llewellyn -- War -- Malvern.

Call Number

JQF 22-1359

ISBN

• 9781781301111
• 1781301115

OCLC

1266211756

Title

Laura Knight : a panoramic view / edited by Fay Blanchard & Anthony Spira.

Publisher

London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2021.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212) and index.

Added Author

Blanchard, Fay, editor, author.

Spira, Anthony, editor, author.

Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970.

Nunn, Pamela Gerrish, author.

Himid, Lubaina, 1954- author.

Hatchwell, Sophie, author.

Starkey, Hannah, 1971- author.

Milton Keynes Gallery, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-1359