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Laura Knight

1877 - 1970

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Dame Laura Knight (née Johnson; 4 August 1877 – 7 July 1970) was an English artist who worked in oils, watercolours, etching, engraving and drypoint. Knight was a painter in the figurative, realist tradition, who embraced English Impressionism. In her long career, Knight was among the most successful and popular painters in Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Laura Knight has received more than 422,456 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Laura Knight is the 1,939th most popular painter, the 4,989th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 115th most popular British Painter.

Memorability Metrics

  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Laura Knight ranks 1,939 out of 2,023. Before her are Tracey Emin, Jack Butler Yeats, Neo Rauch, Joseph DeCamp, David Smith, and John Opie. After her are Elaine de Kooning, William Duesbury, John La Farge, John Sloan, Robert Peake the Elder, and Nevin Çokay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Laura Knight ranks 185. Before her are Tom Thomson, Robert Farnan, Thomas C. Hart, Oscar Grégoire, Šatrijos Ragana, and Gian Giorgio Trissino. After her are Ruurd Leegstra, Tom Crean, Albino Jara, George Cornet, Montagu Love, and Edward Barrett. Among people deceased in 1970, Laura Knight ranks 242. Before her are Don Finlay, Adolf Wiklund, Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Lillian Board, Maurice Stokes, and John T. Scopes. After her are William Hopper, Keen Johnson, Teofilo Spasojević, Charles Olson, Feroz Khan Noon, and Earl Eby.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Laura Knight ranks 4,989 out of 8,785. Before her are Chris Claremont (1950), Omid Djalili (1965), Gilbert White (1720), Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873), Duncan James (1978), and Jimmy Murphy (1910). After her are Zadie Smith (1975), W. H. R. Rivers (1864), Mary Peters (1939), Margaret Drabble (1939), Claude Buckenham (1876), and Dorothy Shirley (1939).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Laura Knight ranks 115. Before her are Roland Penrose (1900), Luke Fildes (1843), William Beechey (1753), Tracey Emin (1963), Jack Butler Yeats (1871), and John Opie (1761). After her are William Duesbury (1725), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Benjamin Wilson (1721), Rebecca Solomon (1832), Thomas Baines (1820), and Peter Perez Burdett (1734).

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