Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839-1924), "A Trysting Place"
Daniel Ridgway Knight
(1839-1924)
"A Trysting Place"
Oil on canvas laid to canvas
Signed and inscribed lower left: Ridgway Knight / Paris; titled by repute
22 x 18 in.
Provenance:
Sold: Butterfields and Butterfields, Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, "Painting Sale," June 11, 1987, Lot 2615
The Collection of Sybil Rosen and Robert Fisher
Other Notes:
American ex-pat painter Daniel Ridgway Knight spent most of his career in France, painting realistic and romantic views of peasants and rural life. Idyllic portraits rendered in soft light, like the present, painting feature beautiful, verdant settings, authentic costume and narrative-focused compositions that capture the beauty and everyday activities of the rural life of French peasant women as they work, rest, and gather together.
Knight was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861. He continued his arts education in Paris where he studied under artists Charles Gleyre and Alexandre Cabanel. During the American Civil War, Knight returned to Philadelphia and served in the Union Army. In 1871, Knight moved back to France, where he spent most of the rest of his life developing his artistic career.
"A Trysting Place" is a lovely example of the type of compositional motif Knight is celebrated for and features a young woman in traditional dress and clogs as she pauses on a rural footbridge that crosses a small, green river. In her right hand the figure holds a sheaf of wildflowers flowers by her side and places her left hand on the handrail, gestures that reinforce the notion that a private meeting with a beau is about to take place.
Condition
Visual: Scattered craquelure, primarily in the green pigments. The canvas is wax-lined.Blacklight: A 2 x 4 inch area of fine crack-fill in the water in the lower left quadrant. A 1 1/2 x 2 inch area of a few scattered flecks and dashes of touch-up in the center of the sky.Frame: 31 x 27 x 4 in.Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.
Daniel Ridgway Knight
(1839-1924)
"A Trysting Place"
Oil on canvas laid to canvas
Signed and inscribed lower left: Ridgway Knight / Paris; titled by repute
22 x 18 in.
Provenance:
Sold: Butterfields and Butterfields, Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA, "Painting Sale," June 11, 1987, Lot 2615
The Collection of Sybil Rosen and Robert Fisher
Other Notes:
American ex-pat painter Daniel Ridgway Knight spent most of his career in France, painting realistic and romantic views of peasants and rural life. Idyllic portraits rendered in soft light, like the present, painting feature beautiful, verdant settings, authentic costume and narrative-focused compositions that capture the beauty and everyday activities of the rural life of French peasant women as they work, rest, and gather together.
Knight was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861. He continued his arts education in Paris where he studied under artists Charles Gleyre and Alexandre Cabanel. During the American Civil War, Knight returned to Philadelphia and served in the Union Army. In 1871, Knight moved back to France, where he spent most of the rest of his life developing his artistic career.
"A Trysting Place" is a lovely example of the type of compositional motif Knight is celebrated for and features a young woman in traditional dress and clogs as she pauses on a rural footbridge that crosses a small, green river. In her right hand the figure holds a sheaf of wildflowers flowers by her side and places her left hand on the handrail, gestures that reinforce the notion that a private meeting with a beau is about to take place.
Condition
Visual: Scattered craquelure, primarily in the green pigments. The canvas is wax-lined.Blacklight: A 2 x 4 inch area of fine crack-fill in the water in the lower left quadrant. A 1 1/2 x 2 inch area of a few scattered flecks and dashes of touch-up in the center of the sky.Frame: 31 x 27 x 4 in.Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.
