Laura Knight: A Panoramic View - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781301115 ISBN 13: 9781781301111

Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers (UK), 2021

Synopsis

LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM MB BERGER PRIZE FOR BRITISH ART HISTORY 2022

A major survey of Dame Laura Knight, first female Royal Academician and popular British artist of the 20th century.

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. Anew 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 accompanied 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.

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About the Author

Fay Blanchard is Head of Exhibitions at MK Gallery; prior to joining the gallery she worked as Visual Arts Curator with the British Council, producing exhibitions of artists including Michael Landy, Grayson Perry and Henry Moore. Anthony Spira is Director of MK Gallery, having been curator at the Whitechapel Gallery, London and the Jeu de Paume, Paris. He has produced many publications on artists including Ellen Altfest, Peter Dreher, Hans Bellmer, Paula Rego and George Stubbs.

Edition details

• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers (UK)
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781301115
• ISBN 13: 9781781301111
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Anthony Spira, Fay Blanchard