Art by Daniel Ridgway Knight (215 works)

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Daniel Ridgway Knight is a prominent representative of the galaxy of Western artists of the nineteenth century in painting. His paintings are made in various genres: landscape, portrait, floral themes and historical painting. In each of his works, the artist’s amazing skill is noticeable, which is manifested in the images of the smallest details of his canvases.

To master the art of conveying color, Knight painstakingly studied the phases of the day, their influence on the environment, and the “play” of light and shadow. Outside his home, Knight built a specially glassed-in studio, which allowed him to constantly see the miraculous, colorful paintings outside, even during the dead of winter. He focuses on the moonlight, its reflections on the Seine River, on the bright colors of flowers in the garden at noon in harmony with the faces of the girls. His paintings depict each scene in great detail, with particular attention to the realistic depiction of the landscape.

Daniel Ridgway Knight was born on March 15, 1839 in Pennsylvania. Years of study. Painstaking work brought him success. His paintings were exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he was a classmate of Mary Cassatt and Thomas Eakins. In 1861 he went to Paris to continue his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts near Cabanel, he is a student in the workshop of Charles-Gabriel-Gleyer.
He returned to Philadelphia in 1863. During the war he served in the army. He made sketches of battle scenes, this is a kind of record of the war for history.

Knight founded the Sketch Club in Philadelphia, where he works (sketches of scenes from the Civil War, mythology, and scenes from operas).
In 1871, Knight married Rebecca Morris of Webster. After the wedding, he directs his interests to work as a portrait artist in order to earn enough money to return to France.

In 1872, he returned to France again, where Knight focused his attention on images of rural residents during their everyday work (working in the fields, washing on the river bank, going for water, etc.), as well as during their happy moments in life .

By the mid-1890s, Knight had moved to a house in Rolleyboys, about forty miles west of Paris. The house is framed by beautiful flower beds and a garden terrace. Here he began to paint paintings, which are now especially popular and valued by modern fine art collectors. His paintings show magnificent flower beds, young women's faces, and all the multifaceted beauty of natural flora.

Knight received a number of awards: a medal at the Salon in 1888, a gold medal at an exhibition in Munich the same year. In 1889 he was awarded the Silver Medal at the Paris Exhibition and was nominated to the Legion of Honour, becoming an officer in 1914. In 1896 he received the Grand Medal of Honor from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Daniel R. Knight died in Paris on March 9, 1924.