Dame Laura Knight, RA, RWS (British, 1877-1970)
Mousehole Harbour
Watercolour, gouache and black chalk
51 x 31.5cm (20 1/16 x 12 3/8in)
Private collection
Mousehole is a village and fishing port in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) south of Penzance on the shore of Mount's Bay. An islet called St Clement's Isle lies about 350 metres offshore from the harbour entrance.
Mousehole lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Almost a third of Cornwall has that designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. More on Mousehole
Dame Laura Knight, (née Johnson), DBE RA RWS (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 and who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain.
In 1929, she was created a Dame, and in 1936 became the first woman elected to full membership of the Royal Academy since its foundation in 1768. Her large retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1965 was the first for a woman. Knight was known for painting amidst the world of the theatre and ballet in London, and for being a war artist during the Second World War. She was also greatly interested in, and inspired by, marginalised communities and individuals, including Gypsies and circus performers. More on Dame Laura Knight
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