Winifred Knights (1899-1947) was a highly individual artist who adopted a distinctive style of modernism. She trained at the Slade under Henry Tonks and in 1920 painted, as a scholarship piece, The Deluge. It has come to be recognised as her masterpiece.
In the 1920s and 30s, Knights produced a range of remarkable and original works in the company of her husband, Stephen Monnington. She died in 1947, aged 47. No newspaper published her obituary.
The first of three in the Making a Mark series of talks about British women painters.
Other talks in this series include:
Evelyn Dunbar talk 2 – Thu 6 Jun
Joan Eardley talk 3 – Thu 13 Jun