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Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) was an American artist born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and late worked in the personal studio of Meissonier. Fallowing 1872 he sleep in France, having the home & studio at Poissy on the Seine. He painted peasant women out of doors by having wonderful popular profits. He was awarded a silver & Cross of the Legion of Honor, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, and was mass produced 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 Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1893. His boy, Ashton Knight, is also referred to as the landscape painter.
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Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924) Information concerning the life and work of the American expatriate artist Daniel Ridgway Knight (often misspelled Ridgeway). Site includes information concerning the current catalogue raisonne project and a link to an online exhibition of Knight's work. Butler Institute Image of Ridgway Knight painting that is in their permanent collection. Brigham Young University Museum of Art Image of Knight's painting titled Premier Chagrin. |
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