Description: RARE Autograph Partial Letter Signed American Artist Ridgway Knight ca 1890s For offer, an ORIGINAL autograph letter. Fresh from a local estate. Vintage, Old, antique, Original - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! Knight says "it will however give me much pleasure to paint you a small picture & to furnish Mr. Shin with sketches &c. [Please] believe me, very truly yours, ... Signed. Written from France, with Palace de l'Eglise? ... Nice handmade watermarked paper. In good condition overall. Old paper remains on back, with small repair, small area of damage one front left side. Fold mark. Please see photos for details. If you collect American art history, 19th / 20th century autograph manuscript handwriting, letters, correspondence, Americana, fine art, etc., this is one you will not see again. A nice piece for your paper / ephemera collection. Perhaps some genealogy research information as well. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 1790 Daniel Ridgway Knight (15 March 1839 – 9 March 1924) was an American artist born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. BiographyKnight was a pupil at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, under Gleyre, and later worked in the private studio of Meissonier. After 1872 he lived in France, having a house and studio at Poissy on the Seine.[1] He painted peasant women out of doors with great popular success. He earned his first major distinction in France at the Paris Salon in 1882 with his large oil on canvas Un Deuil.[2] He would go on to be awarded the silver medal and Cross of the Legion of Honor, Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889, and was made a Knight of the Royal Order of St. Michael of Bavaria, Munich, 1893, and receiving the gold medal of honor from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1893.[1] He died in Paris.[citation needed] His son, Louis Aston Knight (1873–1948), was also known as a landscape painter.[1] The catalogue raisonné research on Daniel Ridgway Knight's life and work is being conducted by Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York City.[3]
Price: 450 USD
Location: Rochester, New York
End Time: 2025-02-14T18:29:50.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.95 USD
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Profession: Art
Signed by: Knight
Autograph Authentication: Self
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
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