Dame Laura Knight: Born: 1877, Derbyshire. England, UK.

Studied at Nottingham School of Art.

Married Harold Knight.

Together they painted at Staithes.

First exhibition was at Leicester Galleries in 1906.

Dame Laura Knight was Elected RA in 1936.

She was made a Dame in 1929

Dame Laura Knight Died: 1970. Dame Laura Knight, DBE (August 4, 1877 - July 7, 1970) was an English Impressionist painter. Famous for capturing the world of London's theatre district, ballet and the circus, she was a member of the Newlyn School of art and was the first woman artist to be made a Dame of the British Empire.



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