About Avel De Knight

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Avel C DeKnight
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    Avel De Knight was art critic for the France-Amerique from 1958 to 1968 and taught at the Brooklyn Museum School of Art beginning 1969. His art training was in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Academy Grande Chaumiere and the Academy Julian. He was an Academician member of the National Academy of Design and a member of the American Watercolor Society.
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    MYTH AND MIRAGE: THE ART OF AVEL DE KNIGHT
    University of Richmond Museums
    Richmond, VA USA United States of America, August 2001
    New York Times Online

    This first major retrospective of American artist Avel de Knight (1921-1995) features more than 100 of his works on paper made with oil, watercolor...

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