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Laura Knight : a panoramic view

Title
Laura Knight : a panoramic view / edited by Fay Blanchard & Anthony Spira.
Publication
London : Philip Wilson Publishers, 2021.

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  • Blanchard, Fay
  • Spira, Anthony
  • Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970
  • Nunn, Pamela Gerrish
  • Himid, Lubaina, 1954-
  • Hatchwell, Sophie
  • Starkey, Hannah, 1971-
  • Chetwynd, Monster
  • Milton Keynes Gallery, host institution.
Description
216 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), 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 become 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.0This 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. Exhibition: MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, England (09.10.2021-20.02.2022).
Subject
  • Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970 > Exhibitions
  • Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Laura Knight : a panoramic view', MK Gallery, 9 October 2021-20 February 2022."--colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: pages [211]-212 and index.
ISBN
  • 9781781301111
  • 1781301115
LCCN
99990317342
OCLC
  • on1266211756
  • 1266211756
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries