Laura Knight (1887-1970), English painter, etcher and designer, was one of the most accomplished women artists of the first half of the 20th Century. She exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy, and in 1965 was the first woman to be given a retrospective exhibition at that institution. The painter Alfred Munnings said of her: "Here was a great artist who never ceased working. She possessed the energy of six ... Laura Knight could paint anything, be it a small watercolor or a nine foot canvas." Dame Laura's paintings can be found in numerous museum collections worldwide.