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1874 Brooklyn, New York - 1953 New York City. Known for: Animals in landscape painting-dinosaurs, sculpture.
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
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About Charles Robert Knight: Keywords
Keywords (32)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Birds, Ornithology, Avian Art
- •Dinosaurs, Other Prehistoric Creatures
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Waterfowl
- •Wildlife, Wild Animal
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Europe
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
Art Association
- •Salons of America
Art Teacher
- •Frank Vincent DuMond
- •Jean Leon Gerome
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Bird Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •AskART Panama Pacific Expo
- •Panama Pacific Exhibition of 1915
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York
- •Salons of America-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts