About Daniel Ridgway Knight
Lived 1839 – 1924 (aged 84). Daniel Ridgway Knight was an American painter.
Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 18399 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.
He painted peasant women out of doors with great popular success. He earned his first major distinction in France at the Salon of 1882 with his large oil on canvas Un Deuil. 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.
He died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris.
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Who was Daniel Ridgway Knight?
American artist (1839-1924)
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Daniel Ridgway Knight was born on 15 March 1839 in Chambersburg.
When did Daniel Ridgway Knight die?
Daniel Ridgway Knight died on 9 March 1924 in Paris.
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Daniel Ridgway Knight was a painter.
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Daniel Ridgway Knight was American.
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