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