OIL PAINTING OLD MASTER Harold Knight (1874- 1962) FINE 20th CENTURY BRITISH

PAINTING REF 110134
Original Antique Large late 19th/early 20th Century British OLD MASTER OIL PAINTING Romantic Sea Scene GOLD GILT FRAME
NEW COLLECTION Of RARE PIECES OF ENGLISH HISTORY 
Harold Knight (1874- 1961) Premier Collection 
 
““Good/average Condition canvas. Cleaned Ready to hang.
" Some crazing & one or two repairs overtime "
frame is in good condition for age "See pictures””
 
( Early 20th century ) 
 
	
		
			
			
Title: Romantic sea view 
			
 
			
Artist: Harold Knight
			
 
			
Signed: yes
			
 
			
Provenance: john castagno art 
			
signature directory.
			
 
			
Medium : Oil painting on canvas
			
			
			
 
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Condition: Good /Average
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Country: British school 
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Frame size : 36.5 in x 26.5in 
			
( 93 cm x 67 cm)
			
 
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
Canvas size : 30" x 20 " 
			
 
			
			
			
 
			
		
		
			
			
With an estimate of £2000 - £4000
			
 
			
Description: 
			
 
			
Biography
			
 
			
Harold Knight - 1874 - 1961
			
 
			
Harold Knight was born in Nottingham, the son of an architect, and studied at Nottingham School of Art under Wilson Foster. It was at the School of Art that he met his future wife, Laura Johnson, who he married in 1903. Harold was a quiet character who is largely remembered, unfairly, as an adept but unexciting painter, while Laura (later Dame Laura) was flamboyant in both her life and art and achieved greater public renown.
			
 
			
After spending time in Paris and then at Staithes on the North Yorkshire coast, Harold Knight moved to Newlyn, with Laura, in 1907. The couple mainly lived and worked in Lamorna, becoming key figures in the Lamorna group, and they remained in Cornwall until 1919.
			
 
			
During the First World War, Knight’s high principles led him to be a conscientious objector, which earned him the rebuke of many of his colleagues and former friends, and put a strain on his physical and mental health as he was forced to work as a farm labourer. When the War ended, he and Laura moved to London, although they frequently returned to Lamorna to paint.