Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 18399 March 1924) was an American artist born in

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Biography

Knight was a pupil at the

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, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of

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. After 1872 he lived in France, having a house and studio at

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on the Seine. He painted

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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''. He would go on to be awarded the silver medal and

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, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, and was made a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Michael of Bavaria,

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, 1893, and receiving the gold medal of honor from the

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, 1893. He died in

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. His son, Louis Aston Knight (1873–1948), was also known as a

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. The

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research on Daniel Ridgway Knight's life and work is being conducted by Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City.

Gallery

File:Daniel ridgway knight e1406 maria on the terrace rolleboise wm.jpg, ''Maria on the Terrace, Rolleboise'' Rehs Galleries File:Daniel ridgway knight e1405 the pet dove wm.jpg, ''The Pet Dove'' Rehs Galleries File:Daniel Ridgway Knight - Two Women Fishing.jpg, ''Two Women Fishing'' File:Daniel Ridgway Knight - Girl by a Stream, Flanders.jpg, ''Girl by a Stream'' File:Knight-Daniel-Ridgway-Women-Washing-Clothes-by-a-Stream.jpg, ''Women Washing Clothes by a Stream'' File:Daniel Ridgway Knight00.jpg, ''Spring Blossoms'' File:Knight Danie Hailing the Ferryman.jpg, ''Hailing the Ferry'' File:Daniel ridgway knight b1540 the days catch wm.jpg, ''The Day's Catch'' Rehs Galleries File:Daniel Ridgway Knight - The Shepherdess of Rolleboise - Google Art Project.jpg, Daniel Ridgway Knight. ''The Shepherdess of Rolleboise'', 1896. Oil on canvas. Brooklyn Museum File:Pot a Feu by Daniel Ridgeway Knight.jpg, ''Pot a Feu'', 1875.

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Art Museum Alfred O. Deshong Collection

Notes

References

* ''The Daily Record'', Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Jan. 11, 1910

External links

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