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DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT (1845– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 851 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DANIEL RIDGWAY See also:KNIGHT (1845– )  , See also:American artist, was See also:born at See also:Philadelphia, See also:Penn., in 1845 . He was a See also:pupil at the Ecole See also:des See also:Beaux-Arts, See also:Paris, under See also:Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of See also:Meissonier . After 1872 he lived in See also:France, having a See also:house and studio at See also:Poissy on the See also:Seine . He painted See also:peasant See also:women out of doors with See also:great popular success . He was awarded the See also:silver See also:medal and See also:cross of the See also:Legion of See also:Honour, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, and was made a See also:knight of the Royal See also:Order of St See also:Michael of See also:Bavaria, See also:Munich, 1893, receiving the See also:gold medal of honour from the See also:Pennsylvania See also:Academy of See also:Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1893 . His son, See also:Ashton Knight, is also known as a landscape painter .

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