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​Thursday 12th February 2025 at 2.00 pm
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Dame Laura Knight​​
Lecturer - Rosalind Whyte
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A Balloon Site, Coventry (1943)
By Dame Laura Knight
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A tethered barrage baloon being hoisted into position by a team of women in WAAF overalls with the city of Coventry visible in the background
In 1936 Dame Laura Knight became the first woman to be elected as a full member of the Royal Academy in London, 168 years after its establishment.
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In her extraordinary career she painted landscapes, seascapes and portraits, as well as scenes from the circus, the ballet and the theatre.
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She was the only woman to be given War Commissions in both the First and Second World Wars and the only British artist to cover the Nuremberg Trials of 1946.
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This lecture provides an overview of her fascinating career and some of the remarkable achievements of her long life.
Rosalind Whyte is an experienced art historian. She obtained degrees from Goldsmiths College and Birkbeck College. She has worked as a guide at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, the Royal Academy and Greenwich.
She leads art appreciation holidays and lectures at Tate, on cruises and to independent arts societies.
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Everyone is welcome- members free, visitors £8 per lecture. Refreshments are available at the end of the lecture. For further information see tasaf.org.uk
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