LAURA KNIGHT: A LIFE (MCNIDDER & GRACE PB)

Laura Knight (1877-1970) was one of the most distinguished women artists of the early 20th century, with an international reputation. This biography covers her early years in Nottingham; relationship with her husband Harold; life in artists’ colonies on the North Yorkshire coast, in Holland and Cornwall; her immersion in the ballet, the circus, and the theatre; her travels in Europe and America; her work as a designer of theatrical costume, posters and ceramics; and her role as Official War Artist during WWII and recorder of the Nuremberg Trials. This revised edition incorporates recent research, images and information which has come to light since the first publication in 2014.