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SOLDSir Thomas Monnington (1902-1976):
Portrait of Winifred Knights, circa 1931
Framed (ref: 109)
Oil on canvas
14.2 x 11 in. (36 x 28 cm)See all works by Sir Thomas Monnington tempera portraits women 1.Master Drawings 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST 2.Knights Monnington Italy RELIGION
Provenance: Private collection, London, since 1995; David Thomson 2004 - 2018;
Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.223.
This portrait in profile dates to the early 1930s when Knights and Monnington were living in Crawley Down, West Sussex.
At this time Monnington was working on his Supper at Emmaus altarpiece, with which this work has stylistical affinities.
Winifred Knights in her studio at the British School at Rome, circa 1924
Monnington and Knights on the occasion of their Wedding, 1925.
