Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839 - 1924)
The Island
Request Viewing
Oil on canvas
46 x 55 cm (18 ⅛ x 23 ⅝ inches)
Signed lower left, Ridgway Knight
-
-
-
-
Description
This original painting by Daniel Ridgway Knight is available for immediate purchase.
Artist's Biography
American artist Daniel Ridgeway Knight was born in Pennsylvania and studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. From 1872 he lived and worked at Poissy on the River Seine, just to the west of Paris.
Best known for his landscapes and depictions of peasant women in the fields, Knight earned distinction at the Paris Salon of 1882. He went to be was awarded the Silver Medal and Cross of the Legion d’Honneur at the Exposition Universelle in 1889, the Gold Medal of Honour from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1893 and in that same year was created a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Michael of Bavaria in Munich.
Research into Knight’s life and work is currently underway at the Rehs Galleries in New York City in preparation for the catalogue raisonné.
You may also like
-
Jeune Montagnarde des Environs de Truskaniva Franciszek Tepa (1829 - 1889) -
Montagnard des Environs de Szczaronica Franciszek Tepa (1829 - 1889) -
Laboureur/Nodolie Franciszek Tepa (1829 - 1889) -
A wooded landscape with figures crossing a river Gillis Neyts (Attributed to) (1623 - 1687) -
A pair of Portraits of a Rabbi José Schneider (1848 - 1893) -
Girl with Fruit and Hare German School
