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Laura Knight at the Theatre Book

Her skill in capturing movement, form and colour excels in her drawings and paintings of such legendary dancers as Karsavina in 'Firebird'and 'The Three-cornered Hat', inspired by the appearances of Diaghliev's Ballets Russes in London from 1919 to 1929 when she also painted and drew Pavlova, Spessivia and Tchenicheva. Knight's images of rehearsal studios, dressing rooms, the wings of the stage and curtain calls underline her privileged position as an artist who sees more than the audience usually sees: both the tensions before and the relaxed after-performance scenes.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) built a commanding reputation as one of the leading British painters of her generation, with many of her subjects taken from intimate knowledge of the theatre, the ballet and the circus. Her skill in capturing...

  • 1906509794
  • 9781906509798
  • Timothy Wilcox
  • 30 December 2013
  • Unicorn Press Ltd
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 128
  • Reprint
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