Dame Laura Knight with model, Ella Louise Naper ('Self Portrait')

Sittersback to top

• Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), Artist; wife of Harold Knight. Sitter associated with 26 portraits, Artist of 2 portraits.
• Ella Louise Naper (née Champion) (1886-1972), Artist and artists' model. Sitter in 1 portrait.

Artistback to top

• Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970), Artist; wife of Harold Knight. Artist of 2 portraits, Sitter associated with 26 portraits.

This portraitback to top

This portrait of artist and model, the artist Ella Naper, is a bravura statement about the ability of women to paint hitherto taboo subjects on a scale and with an intensity, that heralds changes.

Related worksback to top

• NPG 6494: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (appears within the portrait)

Linked publicationsback to top

• Audio Guide
• Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 50
• Forster, Margaret, BP Portrait Award 2006, 2006 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 15 June to 17 September 2006), p. 12
• Gibson, Robin; Clerk, Honor, 20th Century Portraits in the National Portrait Gallery Collection, 1993, p. 9
• Ribeiro, Aileen, The Gallery of Fashion, 2000, p. 206
• Rideal, Liz, Mirror Mirror: Self-portraits by Women Artists, 2001 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 12 September 2001 to 20 January 2002), p. 57
• Rideal, Liz, Insights: Self-portraits, 2005, p. 19
• Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery: An Illustrated Guide, 2000, p. 181
• Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery, 1997, p. 180
• Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 357

Linked displays and exhibitionsback to top

• Mirror Mirror: Self-portraits by women artists (12 September 2001 - 20 January 2002)

Subjects & Themesback to top

• Art in art
• From behind
• Hats and head-attire
• Making art
• Models and muses
• Nudes and naked figures
• Self-portraits
• Shadows