Harold Knight

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Harold Knight (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter.^[1]

Life and work

Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of an architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. 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 etc.^[1]

After spending time in Paris, studying art under Jean-Paul Laurens and 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 famous Newlyn School.^[1]

During 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]

Knight was elected a Royal Academician in 1937, and died in 1961 in Colwall, Herefordshire

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Penlee Gallery biography

External links

Harold Knight online
Harold Knight lived here (London)
When the cat's away (Oil on Canvas - Richard Green)
Alfred Munnings reading (Christie's)

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Name	Knight, Harold
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Short description	British artist
Date of birth	27 January 1874
Place of birth
Date of death	3 October 1961
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