Daniel Ridgway Knight

Daniel Ridgway Knight ( born March 15, 1839 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † March 9, 1924 in Paris) was an American painter.

Life

Knight came to Paris and was at the École des Beaux -Arts, inter alia, a student of Charles Gleyre and Alexandre Cabanel. Later he joined as a master student in the studio of Ernest Meissonier.

As in 1872, the political situation ( German - Prussian War ) had normalized again, Knight settled in Poissy ( Yvelines ) and founded a studio. New friends he was at this time, inter alia, with Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, and Alfred Sisley.

In 1863 he went back to the United States and settled again in Philadelphia. When after the Franco-German war the situation had returned to normal, Knight returned to Paris. Through his friend and colleague Jean -François Millet in 1874 he made the acquaintance of the Barbizon School and its representatives.

In 1883, Knight in Boise role ( Yvelines ) down and also opened a large studio there. After he had several times successfully participated in the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon, he became in 1889 - along with his friend and colleague Pierre Carrier -Belleuse - invited to participate in the World Exhibition in his home town.

Six days before his 85th birthday died Knight on March 9, 1924 in Paris and found his final resting place.

The landscape painter Louis Aston Knight (1873-1948) was his son.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • The burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. In 1867.
  • The shepherd ness of role Bois. In 1895.
  • The idler. In 1893.
  • Watering the garden. In 1912.
  • Hailing the ferry. , 1888.
  • The stream in the lane. In 1894.
  • The washerwomen. , 1908.

The Shepherdess of role Boise

The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Washerwomen

Orpheline

Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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