Harold KnightRA (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter.[1]
Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of William Knight, architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. Nottingham had a reputation as among the best of the English provincial art schools and Knight won a series of prizes there, most notably for a series of oil studies of nudes. At the time he was considered to be the best student in the college.[2] At the School of Art he met fellow artist Laura Johnson, whom he married in 1903. As Laura Knight, she became well known for her paintings of scenes from the ballet, circus and similar events.[1]
In the First World War Knight's principles led him to be a conscientious objector, which earned him the rebuke of many of his colleagues and former friends, and put a strain on his physical and mental health, as he was required to work as a farm labourer. When the War ended, he and Laura moved to London, although they frequently returned to Cornwall to paint.[1] His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[3]
harold, knight, this, article, about, painter, australian, economist, knight, american, baseball, player, college, football, coach, american, football, other, people, similar, name, harry, knight, disambiguation, january, 1874, october, 1961, english, portrait. This article is about the painter For the Australian economist see H M Knight For the American baseball player and college football coach see Harold Knight American football For other people of a similar name see Harry Knight disambiguation Harold Knight RA 27 January 1874 3 October 1961 was an English portrait genre and landscape painter 1 Knight was born in Nottingham England the son of William Knight architect and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster Nottingham had a reputation as among the best of the English provincial art schools and Knight won a series of prizes there most notably for a series of oil studies of nudes At the time he was considered to be the best student in the college 2 At the School of Art he met fellow artist Laura Johnson whom he married in 1903 As Laura Knight she became well known for her paintings of scenes from the ballet circus and similar events 1 After spending time in Paris studying art under Jean Paul Laurens and Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant then at Staithes on the North Yorkshire coast Harold Knight moved in 1907 with Laura to Newlyn a fishing port in Cornwall where they became part of the Newlyn School 1 In the First World War Knight s principles led him to be a conscientious objector which earned him the rebuke of many of his colleagues and former friends and put a strain on his physical and mental health as he was required to work as a farm labourer When the War ended he and Laura moved to London although they frequently returned to Cornwall to paint 1 His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics 3 Knight was elected a full member of the Royal Academy in 1937 and died in 1961 in Colwall Herefordshire 4 References Edit a b c d Penlee Gallery biography Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 4 May 2010 Martin Postle amp William Vaughan 1999 The Artist s Model From Etty to Spencer Merrell Holberton Publishers ISBN 1858940842 Harold Knight Olympedia Retrieved 27 July 2020 Royal Academy Harold Knight R A Royal Academy Retrieved 10 September 2016 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Harold Knight 59 artworks by or after Harold Knight at the Art UK site Harold Knight on Artcyclopedia Alfred Munnings reading Christie s nbsp This article about a British painter born in the 19th century is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article about a painter from England is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harold Knight amp oldid 1142533159, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
