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The Fair, c.1919 (oil on canvas)

IMAGE number
TW426982
Image title
The Fair, c.1919 (oil on canvas)
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Artist
Knight, Laura (1877-1970) / English
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Location
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
c. 1919 AD (C20th AD)
Dimensions
61.7x92.1 cms
Image description

Laura Knight was fascinated by fairs. The blue line on the horizon suggests sea, so this picture may have been painted whilst Laura Knight was living in Newlyn in Cornwall. The bright colours and lively brushwork are characteristic of her work at this time. She often painted children, such as those relaxing on the grass in the sunlight in this picture. She has placed a fairground man wearing a bright neckerchief to add colour to the front of the scene;

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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums / © Estate of Dame Laura Knight. All rights reserved 2024 / Bridgeman Images
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art / walking stick / child / worker / Knight Laura (1877-1970) / England / United Kingdom / Europe / painter / artist / Royal Academician / female artist / circus / dog / Tents / smoking / worlds fair / circus folk / fair / cigarette / tent / male / fairground / tramp / Painting / Mzpainting
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