Dame Laura Knight. DBA, RA.
Derbyshire 1877 London 1970.
Impressionist.
Not really an auspicious start,
though mother introducing art.
Father died when Laura was young,
money tight, mother hamstrung.
Mother teaching art locally,
well regarded allegorically.
Earning enough to send Laura to France,
for Laura a very short arrivance .
At the Nottingham School of Art
Laura a fresh start.
There she met her husband to be
they lived in artistic harmony.
An official war artist in world war two
royal grace and favour she did accrue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp3uEfGtHS0
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