tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post6811911088730442522..comments2023-04-26T03:57:43.775+01:00Comments on The Magpie Files: Dame Laura Knight 1877 - 1970alice chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16969805206040091585noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-75965877449915028522008-06-24T19:28:00.000+01:002008-06-24T19:28:00.000+01:00Reply to Gillie: I think the book you mean is Summ...Reply to Gillie: I think the book you mean is Summer in February by Jonatha SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-34796826685641137042008-06-18T22:11:00.000+01:002008-06-18T22:11:00.000+01:00I knew nothing about the Newlyn school until I rea...I knew nothing about the Newlyn school until I read a book about Munnings and Knight - it's wonderful and can I remember the name, can I heck. I have googled and amazoned but with no joy. It's a novel (though based on fact) and I'll have to ask my art historian friend Pippa for the title but it got me hooked. I'm now a Knight fan, I don't love her quite as much as Millais or Turner ... but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-64106954159505333882008-06-18T02:06:00.000+01:002008-06-18T02:06:00.000+01:00I appreciated this post so much. The artist's lif...I appreciated this post so much. The artist's life speaks volumes about one's ability to grow and evolve, as well as to remain wildly creative well into one's "golden" years. I wonder if she (or the world) valued her later more grim work more highly than the early pretty stuff?Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05932228002267520123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-20558352779560691422008-06-17T09:54:00.000+01:002008-06-17T09:54:00.000+01:00Thanks for sharing the paintings and the history. ...Thanks for sharing the paintings and the history. What a life she must have led - it's very thought-provoking to see the contrast between her early work and the later pieces. It perfectly illustrates how much the world was changed by the war.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15794759688809245972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-14918375675606805752008-06-17T07:38:00.000+01:002008-06-17T07:38:00.000+01:00These are the most fantastic posts: from th real p...These are the most fantastic posts: from th real peony on the peony plate, all the way through the lovely woman painter. <BR/>I often wish that I had made my living like that, and that there were a need for paintings as such. The blue shadows in the clay-pit painting so striking.<BR/><BR/>Imagine having peonies in your garden. And you say they have been battered? That is too bad.<BR/><BR/><BR/>fifihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946945635726214503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-14340170027084977152008-06-17T05:24:00.000+01:002008-06-17T05:24:00.000+01:00The blogging world never ceases to amaze me with i...The blogging world never ceases to amaze me with its ability to provide the links between seemingly unrelated strands of my life experiences. I have just finished a book by Patrick Gale, <I>Notes from an Exhibition</I>, in which the main character is a female artist living in Cornwall. I immediately thought of that book when I saw the first painting.<BR/><BR/>She sounds like a fascinating artist.Fairlie - www.feetonforeignlands.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145612102935177016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-36931638859012379122008-06-16T15:47:00.000+01:002008-06-16T15:47:00.000+01:00Yes. Thanks for sharing. I had no idea. This is w...Yes. Thanks for sharing. I had no idea. This is why I love the blog world. I learn so much.RWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11391821500572006905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-87016718169177056322008-06-16T12:50:00.000+01:002008-06-16T12:50:00.000+01:00Her life seems intertwined with so many moments of...Her life seems intertwined with so many moments of history. She must have been very perceptive to have captured them...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-37680571195254164942008-06-16T09:56:00.000+01:002008-06-16T09:56:00.000+01:00It is an almost shocking contrast.Her story has a ...It is an almost shocking contrast.<BR/><BR/>Her story has a Sue Geeish quality about it.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578720378832806483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-19466965668729431932008-06-16T08:15:00.000+01:002008-06-16T08:15:00.000+01:00interesting to think that my grandfather was an in...interesting to think that my grandfather was an interpreter at Nuremburg - not long after a five year career break in an Oflag in Germany (captured at St Valery on 12 June 1940 so almost exactly 68 years ago).<BR/><BR/>Small world at timesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-61105119663106936852008-06-16T08:09:00.000+01:002008-06-16T08:09:00.000+01:00Lovely paintings, such detail...and yes, I know th...Lovely paintings, such detail...and yes, I know those cliffs very well! Great post, thank you! xwalter and mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654023053222721637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-17478952936632525622008-06-16T07:58:00.000+01:002008-06-16T07:58:00.000+01:00Wonderful paintings - thank you for sharing.Wonderful paintings - thank you for sharing.dragonflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956813648763032057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-57511464420160682572008-06-16T03:22:00.000+01:002008-06-16T03:22:00.000+01:00Oh my, they are lovely paintings. Lovely 'snippet...Oh my, they are lovely paintings. Lovely 'snippets' of time too don't you think?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681227038111050561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-8650788999858808892008-06-16T03:06:00.000+01:002008-06-16T03:06:00.000+01:00Those are, from first to last, wonderful. I'm so g...Those are, from first to last, wonderful. I'm so glad to have seen them.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-517387823567211648.post-35844460513630064122008-06-16T01:49:00.000+01:002008-06-16T01:49:00.000+01:00That first picture is simply striking.That first picture is simply striking.alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699734825484266916noreply@blogger.com