Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Though legally blind because of astigmatism and a subsequent injury to his right eye, Knight pursued his artistic talents with the... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Though legally blind because of astigmatism and a subsequent injury to his right eye, Knight pursued his artistic talents with the help of specially-designed glasses, and at the age of twelve, he enrolled at the Metropolitan Art School to become a commercial artist. In 1890, he was hired by a church-decorating firm to design stained-glass windows, and after two years with them,... Read full biography
Charles was an American artist best known for his influential paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and exhibited at major museums in the United States. As a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Though legally blind because of astigmatism and a subsequent injury to his right eye, Knight pursued his artistic talents with the help of specially-designed glasses, and at the age of twelve, he enrolled at the Metropolitan Art School to become a commercial artist. In 1890, he was hired by a church-decorating firm to design stained-glass windows, and after two years with them, became a freelance illustrator for books and magazines, specializing in nature scenes. In his free time... Read full biography
Charles Robert Knight - Artist Info
About Charles Robert Knight: Books
Books & Publications (26)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Palm Beach Visual Arts
2016
Pollack, Deborah C.
200 pages (color)
Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art
2009
Harris, Adam Duncan
262 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Autobiography of an Artist: Charles R. Knight
2005
Kalt, Rhoda Knight (Editor)
128 pages (color)
The Art of National Geographic
2004
Carter, Alice A
0 pages (color)
Life Through the Ages (Second Edition)
2001
Knight, Charles Robert; Stephen Jay Gould
66 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The American Pupils of Jean-Leon Gerome
1984
Weinberg, H Barbara
113 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Animals in American Art 1880's-1980's (Exhibition catalog)
1981
Nassau County Museum
64 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
American Art in Upstate New York Drawings, Watercolors and Small Sculptures
1974
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy
80 pages
Bronzes of the American West
1973
Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro)
429 pages (color)
Before the Dawn of History
1935
Knight, Charles Robert
0 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit