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Dame Laura Knight Laura Knight was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England, and studied art at the Nottingham School of Art at the age of thirteen. She became famous as an artist who worked in the figurative, realist tradition. Her work included oils, water colors, etching, aquatint, and drypoint. Knight's success in the male-dominated British Art establishment created a path for the status and recognition of women artist's. She began etching in the 1920's and excelled in her aquatints of circus people, animals, the ballet, and portraits of women and Gypsies. In 1929 she was knighted a Dame, and in 1936 became the first woman elected to a full membership in the Royal Academy. Two autobiographies were written by her, Oil Paint and Grease Paint and The Magic of a Line. She was also recognized for her work as a war artist during World War II. Dame Laura Knight died at the age of 92, a few days before an exhibition of her work at the Nottingham Castle Art Gallery and Museum.
Reference: Wikipedia and the Tate Museum, London.
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Dame Laura Knight
British (1877-1970)
Spanish Dancer No.2
10-1/4 x 8-3/8 in.
Etching and aquatint, 1923, edition 55 (final state, II/II). Bolling and Withington 19. Signed in pencil. An excellent impression with full margins, printed on laid paper with a watermark,
David Strang.
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Dame Laura Knight
British (1877-1970)
Stella
11-7/8 x 9-3/4 in.
Aquatint, 1932, edition 50. Bollington and Withington 70. Signed in pencil. Printed on laid paper with a watermark,
David Strang. Full margins with deckle edges all around.
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Dame Laura Knight
British (1877-1970)
A Daughter of Israel
14 x 10-1/4 in.
Drypoint, 1926, edition 50. Signed in pencil. In good condition, printed on wove paper with a watermark, David Strang. In the collection of the New York Public Library and other institutions.
A portrait of Dame Harriet Cohen, a British pianist, who often played on one of the two grand pianos at recitals held in the artist's, London, home studio. An important figure in the musical world of the first half of the 20th century.
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Dame Laura Knight
British (1877-1970)
Elephants (Salt and Sauce)
7-3/4 x 10-3/4 in.
Etching and aquatint, 1925, edition 55
(final state, IV/IV), Bollington and Withington 18. Signed in pencil. An excellent impression with full margins, printed on medium weight, laid paper.
'Salt'(1900-1952) and 'Sauce'(1900-1960);
at one time were the most famous Indian elephants performing in the English circus. Both were noted for their intelligence, gentleness, mischievous behavior, and at times temperamental moods. They lived for more than fifty years and were the most beloved animals of circus people and the public, alike.
One of the elephants also performed in the movie, "Elephant Boy," with the Indian actor, Sabu, in 1937.
Reference: Jamie Chubb, "The Legend of Salt and Sauce," 2008
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