Daniel Ridgway Knight ART FOR SALE

1839 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1924 Rolleboise-par-Bonniers, France. Known for: Peasant figure-genre, landscape painting.

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An artist known for his depictions of serene, peasant female figures in bucolic landscapes with pristine lighting, Daniel Ridgway Knight was born in Philadelphia and became a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861. He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with academic painters Charles Gleyre and Alexander Cabanel and shared classes with Renoir and Sisley. In 1863, he returned to Philadelphia to enlist in the army during the Civil War. In 1871, he returned to France and settled in the town of Poissy to be near the renowned academic painter, Jean Louis Meissonier, who directed his artistic focus to peasant figures and influenced him with a richly detailed style of realism. By the mid 1870s, the idealized... Read full biography

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A Passing Conversation

Type:Painting

Year:1885

Size:26.00" x 32.00"

Medium:Oil

Signed:Lower Right

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Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839–1924), A Passing Conversation, 1885. Two figures pause along a tranquil riverside in the French countryside. This exceptional early work showcases Knight's delicate handling of light, lush landscapes, and intimate scenes of rural life. Oil on canvas, 26 x 32 inches.

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