Daniel Ridgway Knight

American painter
Daniel Ridgway Knight in his studio.
Un Deuil by Daniel Ridgway Knight, Oil on Canvas, 1882

Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 – 9 March 1924) was an American artist born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Biography

Knight was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of Meissonier. After 1872 he lived in France, having a house and studio at Poissy on the Seine.[1]

He painted peasant women out of doors with great popular success. He earned his first major distinction in France at the Paris Salon in 1882 with his large oil on canvas Un Deuil.[2] He would go on to be awarded the silver medal and Cross of the Legion of Honor, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, and was made a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Michael of Bavaria, Munich, 1893, and receiving the gold medal of honor from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1893.[1]

He died in Paris.[citation needed] His son, Louis Aston Knight (1873–1948), was also known as a landscape painter.[1]

The catalogue raisonné research on Daniel Ridgway Knight's life and work is being conducted by Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City.[3]

Gallery

  • Maria on the Terrace, Rolleboise Rehs Galleries
    Maria on the Terrace, Rolleboise Rehs Galleries
  • The Pet Dove Rehs Galleries
    The Pet Dove Rehs Galleries
  • Two Women Fishing
    Two Women Fishing
  • Girl by a Stream
    Girl by a Stream
  • Women Washing Clothes by a Stream
    Women Washing Clothes by a Stream
  • Spring Blossoms
    Spring Blossoms
  • Hailing the Ferry
    Hailing the Ferry
  • The Day's Catch Rehs Galleries
    The Day's Catch Rehs Galleries
  • Daniel Ridgway Knight. The Shepherdess of Rolleboise, 1896. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum
    Daniel Ridgway Knight. The Shepherdess of Rolleboise, 1896. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum
  • Pot a Feu, 1875. Widener University Art Museum Alfred O. Deshong Collection
    Pot a Feu, 1875. Widener University Art Museum Alfred O. Deshong Collection

Notes

  1. ^ a b c  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Knight, Daniel Ridgway". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 851.
  2. ^ Société des artistes français (1882). L'exposition des beaux arts (Salon de 1882). Paris: L. Baschet. p. 70.
  3. ^ "Daniel Ridgway Knight". Rehs Galleries, Inc. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

References

  • The Daily Record, Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Jan. 11, 1910

External links

  • 'Wow Factor' Lures Immediate Buyer Of 19th Century French Painting That's Been Unseen For 118 Years
  • 87 works by Daniel Ridgway Knight
  • Ridgway Knight exhibit Works from the 1880s & 1890s
  • Ridgway Knight exhibit titled His Years at Rolleboise
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