207. Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970)

clockwise from top left
  1. Lamorna Birch and his Daughters, 1916 (reworked 1934), oil on canvas, Royal Academy of Arts
  2. The Ballet Shoe, c.1932, oil on board, Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries (photo: Art UK)
  3. The Nuremberg Trial, 1946, oil on canvas, Imperial War Museum
  4. The Pool No. 2, c.1959, oil on canvas, Royal Academy of Arts (photo: Art UK)
  5. Corporal J. D. M. Pearson, GC, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 1940, oil on canvas, Imperial War Museum
      1 of only 13 women to receive the highest medal for gallantry when not facing the enemy--more on Wikipedia
  6. 
Ethel Bartlett, oil on canvas, Atkinson Art Gallery (photo: Art UK)
  7. A Dark Pool, c.1908-1918, oil on canvas, Laing Art Gallery (photo: Art UK)
  8. In for Repairs, 1942, oil on canvas, Harris Museum & Art Gallery (photo: Art UK)
Links:
Laura Knight on Wikipedia
More works by Laura Knight on Art UK
More works by Laura Knight on artnet

Monday Matchup: Self Portrait aka The Model by Dame Laura Knight
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