Biography
Charles Knight (b. Hove, East Sussex, UK 1901 - d. 1990) studied at Brighton College of Art soon after WW1 under Louis Ginnett (1875-1946). He took a teacher's diploma in art before attending the Royal Academy Schools, there he won the Landseer Scholarship and the Turner Medal for a painting entitled Llangollen which was bought by the Tate in 1933. He also studied etching at the Royal College of Art. Knight was commissioned by the Pilgrim's Trust to contribute to Recording Britain in 1940 and executed 40 drawings of Sussex; gave Princess Margaret watercolour lessons 1944-47; was Vice-President and Head of Drawing and Painting at Brighton (1959-67) and was Vice President of the Royal Watercolour Society (1961-64). Knight, son of the painter Charles Neil Knight (1865-1947) was married to the illustrator Leonora Vasey, who had been a a fellow student at Brighton, from 1934. Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, held an exhibition of Knight’s work in 1997, in conjunction with Chris Beetles. There was a centenary show at Ditchling Gallery in 2001.
