One of the most talented but underappreciated British woman painters during the first half of the 20th century was Winifred Knights (1899–1947). This book, which goes along with the first-ever museum exhibition of her art at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, is profusely illustrated in color throughout and offers the first comprehensive overview of her life and career. It analyzes Knights' work in the context of interwar modernism and evaluates her role in the resurgence of both decorative painting and religious iconography at this time. 
The artist's career is outlined by author Sacha Llewellyn, starting with her tenure at the Slade School of Art, her First World War evacuation to rural Worcestershire, her time in the early 1920s at the British School in Rome, and the numerous commissions she produced between 1926 and 1939. In order to examine women's relationships to battle, the natural world, working communities, marriage, motherhood, and death, Knights frequently rewrote fairytales and legends, Biblical narrative, and Pagan mythology. 
Drawing on previously unpublished documentary material, including letters, diaries, sketchbooks and photographs, Sacha Llewellyn makes a strong case for recognising Knights as one of the most talented artists of her generation. The book reproduces all of Knights’ major works, including her masterpiece, The Deluge.