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Laura Knight

1877 - 1970

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Dame Laura Knight (née Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English 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, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. Her success in the male-dominated British art establishment paved the way for greater status and recognition for female artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Knight is the 1,955th most popular painter (down from 1,939th in 2019), the 5,225th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,989th in 2019) and the 120th most popular British Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Laura Knight ranks 1,955 out of 2,023. Before her are David Smith, Elaine de Kooning, Thomas Baines, Aleksandr Petrov, Alfred Freddy Krupa, and J. Alden Weir. After her are Zdenka Braunerová, Thalia Flora-Karavia, Władysław Hasior, David Cox, Rembrandt Peale, and Rebecca Solomon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Laura Knight ranks 188. Before her are Claire McDowell, Tom Crean, Šatrijos Ragana, Tom Thomson, Albino Jara, and Hermann Martens. After her are Thomas C. Hart, Patrick Leahy, Montagu Love, Georges Johin, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Robert F. Wagner. Among people deceased in 1970, Laura Knight ranks 248. Before her are Georgi Naydenov, Georg de Laval, Anita Louise, Jaipal Singh Munda, John T. Scopes, and Teofilo Spasojević. After her are Keen Johnson, Don Finlay, Richard Hofstadter, Maurice Stokes, Chester Morris, and Charles Olson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laura Knight ranks 5,227 out of 8,785. Before her are Richey Edwards (1967), Prideaux John Selby (1788), J. J. C. Smart (1920), Lionel Jeffries (1926), Pat Symonds (1953), and Jesse Lingard (1992). After her are Adela Pankhurst (1885), Paul Mariner (1953), James Wilson (1891), Keith Levene (1957), Mark King (1958), and Andy Fraser (1952).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Laura Knight ranks 120. Before her are Randolph Caldecott (1846), Luke Fildes (1843), William Beechey (1753), Ernest Townsend (1880), Derek Riggs (1958), and Thomas Baines (1820). After her are David Cox (1783), Rebecca Solomon (1832), Tom Roberts (1856), James Thornhill (1675), William Nicholson (1872), and Howard Hodgkin (1932).

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