An official war artist and the first woman to be made a dame of the British Empire, Laura Knight reached the top of her profession with her captivating compositions, while famously stating: “I paint ...

The silver medal was presented to Dame Laura Knight in 1894 in recognition of her work. Auctioneers said the engraved medal, bearing her maiden name Johnson, had fetched £850. The artist was born ...

Knight and her husband fell in love with the Malvern Hills, the gallery said An exhibition of paintings by the first female artist accepted into the Royal Academy of Arts will allow visitors to ...

Dame Laura Knight was a British artist known for her figurative ... Her works are held in the collections of the National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada, the Royal Academy, and the ...