THREE BRITISH WOMEN PAINTERS: WINIFRED KNIGHTS
THE GAINING (AND LOSING) OF REPUTATIONS IN THE 20TH CENTURY
This event is at the Museum in the Headley Lecture Theatre and online via Zoom
One of a series of three talks on British women painters on Thursdays in May-June 2024
Booking is essential
With Peter Vass, Fellow at Oxford Brookes University
Winifred Knights (1899-1947) was a highly individual artist who adopted a distinctive style of modernism. She trained at the Slade under Henry Tonks and in 1920 painted, as a scholarship piece, The Deluge. It has come to be recognised as her masterpiece.
The Deluge, Winifred Knights, 1920, oil on canvas © Tate Gallery
In the 1920s and 30s, Knights produced a range of remarkable and original works in the company of her husband, Stephen Monnington. She died in 1947, aged 47. No newspaper published her obituary.
The first of three in the Making a Mark series of talks about British women painters.
Other talks in this series include:
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