Harold Knight
(1874-1961), Artist; husband of Dame Laura KnightSitter in 4 portraits
Artist of 4 portraits
Harold Knight was a painter of portraits and interiors. Born in Nottingham, the son of an architect, he studied at Nottingham School of Art and for a year in Paris at the Académie Julian. On his return Knight settled at Staithes on the Yorkshire coast. He married Laura Johnson in 1903 and spent several years with her in Holland studying the Dutch masters, particularly Rembrandt and Vermeer. Knight exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1896 and at the International Society; he also exhibited with Laura Knight at the Leicester Galleries in 1906. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1928, and became a Royal Academician in 1937.
Arthur Balfour, 1st Baron Riverdale
by Harold Knight
oil on canvas, 1936
NPG 6445
George Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron Nelson of Stafford
by Harold Knight
oil on canvas, exhibited 1942
NPG 6194
David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, Earl of Kilmuir
by Harold Knight
oil on canvas, circa 1954-1961
On display in Room 28 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7055
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