Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Dame Laura Knight sits on
View through Europeana Collections
Dame Laura Knight sits on Royal Academy Selection Committee and makes history._x000D_
For the first time in the history of the Royal Academy, a woman is a member of the Selection Committee which has started at Burlington House, its task of choosing works for the Coronation Exhibition. The first woman Academician to sit as a judge Dame Laura Knight, renowned as one of Britain's most versatile artists._x000D_
Photo shows: the Selection Committee voting on one of the paintings._x000D_
1 April 1937
Title: Dame Laura Knight sits on
Description:
Dame Laura Knight sits on Royal Academy Selection Committee and makes history.
_x000D_
For the first time in the history of the Royal Academy, a woman is a member of the Selection Committee which has started at Burlington House, its task of choosing works for the Coronation Exhibition.
The first woman Academician to sit as a judge Dame Laura Knight, renowned as one of Britain's most versatile artists.
_x000D_
Photo shows: the Selection Committee voting on one of the paintings.
_x000D_
1 April 1937.
Related Results
painting (watercolour): ["Portrait of Laura Knight"]
painting (watercolour): ["Portrait of Laura Knight"]
A full portrait of a seated woman, facing left, shown in profile, the whole composition reminiscent of Whistler's portrait of his mother. The woman wears a dark blue pleated dress ...
The Parthenon Frieze. Block E V
The Parthenon Frieze. Block E V
The portrayal of the gods continues on this block, with Hera (29) and Zeus (30) and a small youthful figure (28) identified either as Nike or more likely as Iris, the wingèd messen...
The Parthenon Frieze. Block E V
The Parthenon Frieze. Block E V
The portrayal of the gods continues on this block, with Hera (29) and Zeus (30) and a small youthful figure (28) identified either as Nike or more likely as Iris, the wingèd messen...
painting (oil): ["Ethel Bartlett, Pianist"]
painting (oil): ["Ethel Bartlett, Pianist"]
A full length portrait. She stands looking to the right, her hands clasped in front of her. Her dark hair is drawn back in a bun. She wears a black velvet dress with full length sl...
Innocence and Justice
Innocence and Justice
The symbolical figure of Innocence sits at the left heavily draped, turned one quarter right, holding a dove in her hands, which are at her right side; the figure of justice sits a...
painting (oil): ["Cromwell and the Vaudois"] aka "CROMWELL, PROTECTOR OF THE PROTESTANTS OF THE VAUDOIS"
painting (oil): ["Cromwell and the Vaudois"] aka "CROMWELL, PROTECTOR OF THE PROTESTANTS OF THE VAUDOIS"
Narrative. A historical interior. Instructed by Cromwell, the blind Milton dictates to Andrew Marvell a letter to the Duke of Savoy protesting against the persecution of the Vaudoi...
The artist Egron Campbell sits in his studio on 14 Bergsgatan. Paintings hang on the walls and stand on the floor. Egron sits in white shirt, bow and vest with his arms in cross.
The artist Egron Campbell sits in his studio on 14 Bergsgatan. Paintings hang on the walls and stand on the floor. Egron sits in white shirt, bow and vest with his arms in cross.
The artist Egron Campbell sits in his studio on 14 Bergsgatan. Paintings hang on the walls and stand on the floor. Egron sits in white shirt, bow and vest with his arms in cross....