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National Portrait Gallery present Dame Laura Knight A Life in Portraits

National Portrait Gallery, London presents Dame Laura Knight A Life in Portraits an exhibition on view 11 July – 13 October 2013.

Dame Laura KnightDame Laura Knight (1877 –1970) was one of the most popular and pioneering British artists of the twentieth century. Her artistic career took her from Cornwall to Baltimore, and from the circus to the Nuremberg Trials. She painted dancers at the Ballets Russes and Gypsies at Epsom races, and was acclaimed for her work as an official war artist.

Knight used portraiture to capture contemporary life and culture, and her paintings are remarkable for their diverse range of subjects and settings. This exhibition of over thirty portraits will reveal Knight’s highly distinctive and vivid work, and also illustrate her success in gaining greater professional recognition for women in the arts. www.npg.org.uk