[117994] Nottingham Castle : The Little Ballet Dancer
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery.
Exhibition.
Laura Knight & Caroline Walker: A Female Gaze.
19 March-5 June 2022.
The Little Ballet Dancer.
By Laura Knight (1877-1970).
Oil on canvas, c1919.
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Dame Laura Knight was an artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career she was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. In 1929 she was created a Dame, and in 1936 became the first woman elected to the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768.
Although she was known for painting amidst the world of the theatre and ballet in London, and for being a war artist during the Second World War, she was also greatly interested in, and inspired by, marginalised communities and individuals, including Gypsies and circus performers. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for women artists.
[117994] Nottingham Castle : The Little Ballet Dancer
Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery.
Exhibition.
Laura Knight & Caroline Walker: A Female Gaze.
19 March-5 June 2022.
The Little Ballet Dancer.
By Laura Knight (1877-1970).
Oil on canvas, c1919.
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Dame Laura Knight was an artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career she was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. In 1929 she was created a Dame, and in 1936 became the first woman elected to the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768.
Although she was known for painting amidst the world of the theatre and ballet in London, and for being a war artist during the Second World War, she was also greatly interested in, and inspired by, marginalised communities and individuals, including Gypsies and circus performers. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for women artists.