DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT (American 1839-1924). Gathering Flowers. Watercolor on paper. 14.5in. x 10.25in.. Signed and inscr...

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DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT (American 1839-1924)
Gathering Flowers
Watercolor on paper
14.5in. x 10.25in.
Signed and inscribed, Paris, lower left

Born and trained in Philadelphia, Daniel Ridgway Knight studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in France where his fellow classmates included Alfred Sisley and Auguste Renoir. Following the Civil War, he settled permanently in France where his impressionistic paintings of peasant figures in rural landscape settings earned him great acclaim.

Provenance: Private Collection, Nebraska
Roughton Galleries, Dallas, TX
acquired from the above by the present owner



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