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Laura Knight : a working life / Helen Valentine and Annette Wickham.
Fine Arts Library N6797.K63 A4 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Valentine, Helen, author.
- Wickham, Annette, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970.
- Knight, Laura.
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970--Exhibitions.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 96 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Royal Academy of Arts, 2019.
- Summary:
- Dame Laura Knight RA (1877-1970) was the first female member to be elected to the Royal Academy of Arts, submitting Dawn, her now famous painting of two female nudes, as her Diploma Work in 1936. In 1965 the Academy's major retrospective of her work recognised her importance in British art.0This autumn an exhibition of Knight's drawings opens at the RA. Drawing was a key part of her practice, and allowed her to capture at speed her various subjects, which include travellers, circus performers, boxers, ballet dancers and ice skaters. Drawing allowed her to capture with immediacy the exuberant life of her models, as well as being a vital recording tool when she witnessed one of the most important events of the twentieth century: the Nuremberg trials.0In this new publication on the artist, Annette Wickham and Helen Valentine present the Academy's holdings of her drawings with an in-depth analysis focused on three key subjects within her work: the nude, the working woman and country life.00Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, Tennant Gallery, London, UK (02.09.2019-02.02.2020).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Knight, Laura, Dame, 1877-1970. Works. Selections.
- ISBN:
- 9781912520367
- 1912520362
- OCLC:
- 1120065702
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