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Daniel Ridgway Knight  American  1839 -1924
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Died: Rolleboise-par-Bonniers, Seine-et-Oise, France 
Studied: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris 
Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1858
Examples of Work: Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 
Specialty: Painter
Style/School: Plein Air
Subjects Known For: Figural
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Born in Philadelphia to Quaker parents, Daniel Ridgway Knight overcame the culturally restrictive Quaker life, studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in his native city before traveling to Parts in 186... (More)

Daniel Ridgeway Knight, born in 1839, studied first at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and then saved his money for eight years in order to finance an education at L'ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1881-83. Knight ... (More)

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