Dame Laura Knight (1877–1970) was an English artist celebrated for her work in oils, watercolour, etching, engraving, and drypoint. One of Britain’s most successful and popular painters, she broke barriers for women in the male-dominated art world. Knight was made a Dame in 1929 and, in 1936, became the first woman elected to full membership of the Royal Academy. Her 1965 retrospective there was the first ever dedicated to a woman artist.