- By Maisie Olah
- BBC News, West Midlands
Image source, Dame Laura Knight/Worcester City Art Gallery
Knight and her husband fell in love with the Malvern Hills, the gallery said
An exhibition of paintings by the first female artist accepted into the Royal Academy of Arts will allow visitors to “revisit her connections” with the “beautiful county” of Worcestershire.
Dame Laura Knight: I Paint Today opens at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum on Saturday.
Many of her paintings include the Malvern Hills through the seasons.
Some feature the WW2 bombings of Coventry and Birmingham as seen from the hills.
The exhibition runs until 30 June.
Knight was described by the gallery as a “significant artist” whose work in her later years was inspired by the scenery of Worcestershire.
Senior curator Deborah Fox said: “We are very excited to celebrate the extraordinary life and prolific work of Dame Laura Knight and are particularly pleased to revisit her connections with our beautiful county.”
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Dame Laura Knight was born in 1877 and grew up in Nottinghamshire
Knight is one of Britain’s most celebrated artists and was born in 1877 and grew up in Nottinghamshire.
From 1933, she and her husband Harold fell in love with the dramatic landscape of the Malvern Hills, Ms Fox said.
The artist is said to have started her day with a walk over the beauty spot, painting as she went.
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Some works are on loan from the Imperial War Museum
Also among the collection is a painting called The Yellow Dress, which shows off a costume from the Royal Shakespeare Company.
There are additional works on loan from the Imperial War Museum.
“Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is committed to bringing great art and artists to the region,” Ms Fox said.
