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Arnold Mason:
Portrait of Winifred Knights Sleeping, c.1920
Framed (ref: 102)

Pencil on paper

Tags: Arnold Mason pencil night scenes and sleep women 1.Master Drawings 1.PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST

Provenance: Winifred Knights' own collection; John Monnington, the artist's son; David Thomson 2004.

Literature: Llewellyn, Sacha, and Paul Liss. Portrait of an Artist. Liss Llewellyn, 2021, p.175.

Exhibited: possibly Jane, pencil drawing, Royal Academy, 1920 (1098)

In 1918, Arnold Mason enrolled at the Slade where he became a good friend of Knights. Knights was staying with Mason at his studio The Old Mill, Ludlow, in September 1920, when she received news that she had won the Rome Scholarship. Prior to leaving for Rome, Mason and Knights became engaged (see photo). Although in 1924 Knights married fellow Rome Scholar Tom Monnington, the friendship with Mason lasted throughout their lives. In 1947 Mason exhibited a posthumous portrait at the Royal Academy, The Late Winifred Knights, (350). This outstanding pencil portrait by Mason was one which Knights retained throughout her life. A slightly earlier portrait of Knights by Mason is in the Queen's Collection (Royal Library Windsor, 23047).

Arnold Mason, Portrait of Winifred Knights

(Royal Collection), 1919

Winifred Knights, photographed by David Evans