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Charles Robert Knight (October 21, 1874 – April 15, 1953) was an American wildlife and paleoartist best known for his detailed paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States. One of his most famous works is a mural of ...
Feb 5, 2010 · In a recent UK Post Office blog post, Charles R. Knight (1874-1953) was recognized as the most influential paleoartrist of the early 20th century. Charles R. Knight’s work has appeared in encyclopedias, textbooks and his murals and sculptures have appeared in museums around the world.
Jan 13, 2011 · Published: January 13, 2011. Photo Archives - Charles Knight Paintings Gallery. Image slideshow. Protoceratops, Mesozoic era. Primitive ceratopsian dinosaur with eggs, found in the Gobi desert of Mongolia, 1922. ID# CK10T. (c) Field Museum of Natural History. Ground Sloths and Glyptodonts. Megatherium and Glyptodon.
Charles R. Knight (1874-1953) was one of the first American painters to depict dinosaurs, providing imaginative and largely scientifically based renditions of the extinct beasts in real-world ...
- American Experience
A Little Knight Gallery. No voyage to the world of Charles R. Knight would be complete without a chance to relive those thrilling days of yesteryear when we held hands with other little children and gazed upwards at spine-tingling portraits of creatures we were sure the artist had drawn from life. The Knight Gallery is broken into two wings ...
Knight and Lucy traveled to Chicago in 1926 to begin the project. While in Chicago, Knight met the Museum's anthropologist Henry Field and accompanied him to France and Spain. The Field Museum mural project consumed four years of Knight's life, and remains today among the Museum's most popular treasures. 1 of 30.
In 1900, Charles Knight met and married Annie Humphrey Hardcastle. A strong-willed southern woman, she proved to be the ideal spouse for the dreamy, impractical artist. From 1901 through 1911, Knight produced a series of paintings for the museum. During this time he also created work for the U.S. Fish Commission and U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.
