Dame Laura Knight RA

I spotted this memorial above the door of number 9 Noel Street 

This set me wondering who Laura Knight was and why is she commemorated with a plaque?

Laura Knight…

…was the most important woman artist in Britain during the Second World War 
(acording to the Imperial War Museum)

…became the first woman artist to be elected to the Royal Academy since 1760 in 1936

… was made a Dame in 1929 for her services to art

…was the youngest student (at 13) ever accepted at the Nottingham School of Art

Ruby Loftus screwing a breech-ring
Oil on canvas 86.3 x 101.9 cm
Painted in Newport, Wales, 1941