Laura Knight
Laura Knight by Alice Strickland.
Laura Knight (1877–1970) was an English Realist painter who documented life and culture in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century. The first female artist to be elected a full Royal Academician, and with a career that spanned seven decades, Knight was one of the most important artists of her day.
64 page hardback with 30+ colour illustrations
The EIDERDOWN BOOKS - MODERN WOMEN ARTISTS series of collectable books reveals an alternative history of art, telling the story of important female artists whose art might otherwise be overlooked, overshadowed or forgotten. Working across a range of disciplines and artistic styles in the first half of the twentieth century, all of the women included in this series were modern. Read together, these books begin to redress the untold history of modern art.
