Daniel Ridgway Knight
1839-1924 • American

In The Fields

Signed "Ridgway Knight Paris" (lower left)
Oil on canvas

Canvas: 31 3/4” high x 25 1/2" wide

American painter Daniel Ridgway Knight captures the life of the working class in this remarkable masterpiece. The range of color and contrast between the floral foreground and the subtle richness of sky and water in the background give the painting a level of depth and vitality that placed Knight among France's most beloved painters of the pastoral landscape. His artistic genius is illustrated throughout this magnificent work, confirming his place among the masters of 19th-century art.

Born in Pennsylvania, Knight spe