£4,200
Harold KNIGHT RA (1874-1961) The Lady in Lilac Oil on canvas Signed 86 x 100cm In 1903 Harold married Laura Knight (nee Johnson), a fellow student at The Nottingham School of Art, the couple lived mainly in Staithes, but also made several trips to Holland, where Harold became interested in the farming subjects and interiors of simple working lives. A few years later they moved to Lamorna and became an integral part of the artistic community, Harold continued to paint genre subjects, but with a lighter palette, and also painted a number of sitters in Cornwall, including Mornie Kerr, 'Blote' Munnings (Florence Carter-Wood) and Ella Naper. Later, when they moved to London, Harold continued with portraiture painting depicting the well-known figures of the period, and in 1925 received a Silver Medal for his portrait of Ethel Bartlett at the Paris Salons. The couple were to become the first husband and wife members of the RA in the history of the Academy.
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