Harold Knight
Harold Knight Harold Knight (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter. Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of William Knight, architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. Nottingham had a reputation as among the best of the English provincial art schools and Knight won a series of prizes there, most notably for a series of oil studies of nudes.
Harold Knight
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- Born
- 1874 · Nottingham.
- Died
- 1961 · Colwall.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
- Education
- Nottingham Trent University and School of Art and Design
- Languages
- English
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Harold Knight Harold Knight (27 January 1874 – 3 October 1961) was an English portrait, genre and landscape painter. Knight was born in Nottingham, England, the son of William Knight, architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. Nottingham had a reputation as among the best of the English provincial art schools and Knight won a series of prizes there, most notably for a series of oil studies of nudes.
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Born at Nottingham in 1874, died in Colwall in 1961.
Harold Knight studied at Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are genre and portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands. Work by Harold Knight is recorded in the collections of Auckland Art Gallery, Tate, National Portrait Gallery, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and National Gallery.
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- 1.Penlee Gallery biography.
- 2.Martin Postle & William Vaughan. The Artist's Model From Etty to Spencer. Merrell Holberton Publishers. 1999. 1858940842.
- 3.Harold Knight. Olympedia.
- 4.Royal Academy. Harold Knight, R.A.
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