STUDIO OF DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT OIL PAINTING PEASANT
STUDIO OF DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT OIL PAINTING PEASANT GIRL
Studio of Daniel Ridgway Knight Oil Painting
Pennsylvania/France,1839-1924
Peasant Girls in Flower Garden
Signed: Not signed
Oil on Brass/Bronze plate
Image size: 11.75 by 16 inches.
Condition: 95% original surface paint, 5% minor in paint throughout. Very good to excellent, some touch ups throughout frame. Otherwise Good.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: This identical image was sold: Christies New York Rockefeller center, lot 61, with an estimate of $150,000-250,000 USD SOLD: $303,000 USD
Housed in its original 19C Victorian hand carved, acanthus leaf, fruit, berry, and shell adorned frame.
AUCTION RECORD INFO:
Daniel Ridgway Knight Pennsylvania / France, 1839-1924 has high auction records reaching up to $570,000 USD
ARTIST BIO:
An artist known for his depictions of serene, peasant female figures in bucolic landscapes with pristine lighting, Daniel Ridgway Knight was born in Philadelphia and became a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861.
He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with academic painters Charles Gleyre and Alexander Cabanel and shared classes with Renoir and Sisley. In 1863, he returned to Philadelphia to enlist in the army during the Civil War.
In 1871, he returned to France and settled in the town of Poissy to be near the renowned academic painter, Jean Louis Meissonier, who directed his artistic focus to peasant figures and influenced him with a richly detailed style of realism. By the mid 1870s, the idealized peasant figures became his signature expression, and his presentation contrasted greatly with the emerging realist movement in French art led by Jean-Francois Millet that focused on the hardships and poverty of rural people.
From 1896, he maintained a studio outside of Paris in Rolleboise, and took his subjects from the surrounding countryside and local people. His work was in high demand both in France and the United States, where he got many awards.
Condition Report: 95% original surface paint, 5% minor in paint throughout. Very good to excellent, some touch ups throughout frame. Otherwise Good.
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STUDIO OF DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT OIL PAINTING PEASANT GIRL
Studio of Daniel Ridgway Knight Oil Painting
Pennsylvania/France,1839-1924
Peasant Girls in Flower Garden
Signed: Not signed
Oil on Brass/Bronze plate
Image size: 11.75 by 16 inches.
Condition: 95% original surface paint, 5% minor in paint throughout. Very good to excellent, some touch ups throughout frame. Otherwise Good.
ADDITIONAL NOTES: This identical image was sold: Christies New York Rockefeller center, lot 61, with an estimate of $150,000-250,000 USD SOLD: $303,000 USD
Housed in its original 19C Victorian hand carved, acanthus leaf, fruit, berry, and shell adorned frame.
AUCTION RECORD INFO:
Daniel Ridgway Knight Pennsylvania / France, 1839-1924 has high auction records reaching up to $570,000 USD
ARTIST BIO:
An artist known for his depictions of serene, peasant female figures in bucolic landscapes with pristine lighting, Daniel Ridgway Knight was born in Philadelphia and became a student at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1858 to 1861.
He then studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts with academic painters Charles Gleyre and Alexander Cabanel and shared classes with Renoir and Sisley. In 1863, he returned to Philadelphia to enlist in the army during the Civil War.
In 1871, he returned to France and settled in the town of Poissy to be near the renowned academic painter, Jean Louis Meissonier, who directed his artistic focus to peasant figures and influenced him with a richly detailed style of realism. By the mid 1870s, the idealized peasant figures became his signature expression, and his presentation contrasted greatly with the emerging realist movement in French art led by Jean-Francois Millet that focused on the hardships and poverty of rural people.
From 1896, he maintained a studio outside of Paris in Rolleboise, and took his subjects from the surrounding countryside and local people. His work was in high demand both in France and the United States, where he got many awards.
Condition Report: 95% original surface paint, 5% minor in paint throughout. Very good to excellent, some touch ups throughout frame. Otherwise Good.
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