Dame Laura Knight RA
Born 4 August 1877
Died 7 July 1970
Active: 1927 - 1936
Country of birth and death: England
Painter, printmaker, etcher, engraver, worked in aquatint
Born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARA Royal Academy of Arts
1 November 1927 - 11 February 1936
Elected RA in 1936.
Elected RA Royal Academy of Arts
11 February 1936 - 10 January 1953
Then became Senior RA until her death in 1970.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominator of (Arthur) Eric Rowton Gill
10 December 1931
For RA.
Nominator of Winifred Turner
27 April 1934
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of (Joseph) Hermon Cawthra
January 1937
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominator of Arnold Machin
25 March 1946
For Associate of the Royal Academy [ARA].
Wife/husband/spouse of Harold Knight
3 June 1903
Sources
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1927-1938
1938
p.94, p.96, p.149, p.210.
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, c.1939-c.1961
1961 (Circa)
p.182.
Royal Academy of Arts, Directory of Membership, from its Foundation in 1768 to 1995 including Honorary Members
1996
pp.67-68.
Citing this record
'Dame Laura Knight RA', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1216913528, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
