Many people seem to have spent time in their gardens yesterday and to celebrate the beauty of our gardens and the joy we all experience from them, I’m showing the garden paintings of Daniel Ridgway, American artist, 1839-1924. I could happily live with anyone of these gardens.
http://www.danielridgwayknight.org/
‘’Daniel Ridgway Knight (March 15, 1839 - March 9, 1924) was an American artist born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a pupil at the Ecole 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.
He painted peasant women out of doors with great popular success. He was 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. His son, Louis Aston Knight (1873 - 1948), is also known as a landscape painter.’’
Being a keen photographer of flowers and gardens, I can relate to his fascination for garden scenes. Excellent art.
ReplyDeletethese are gorgeous! thank you
ReplyDeleteNever seen his work before but I really like it! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletethse are wonderful loretta thank you
ReplyDeleteIf I had a garden, it would hve sunflowers like the first painting.
ReplyDeletesuch beauty
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I remember seeing some of his art at the Philadelphia Art Museum when we went on school field trips. The detail is quite impressive.
ReplyDeleteI've only just discovered this artist, and i think his paintings are so lovely..........the detail in the flowers and plants is wonderful and his faces are so expressive. glad you like them, i'm quite envious of anyone (Mitch) who has actually seen them
ReplyDeleteLovely presentation. I always enjoy paintings of gardens, formal or otherwise,
ReplyDeleteromantic and dreamy....and ever so lovely. ; D
ReplyDeletei mean......exquisite! LOL
ReplyDeleteI think I saw some poppies. :-)
ReplyDeleteyes that lovely one of the woman leaning over a wall fishing. She has wild poppies at her feet. I like that one to.
ReplyDeletethey are putting her to sleep
ReplyDeletesorry ~ i just had to say that
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in the movie "the wizard of oz"
ReplyDeletewhen the wicked witch puts a spell on the poppies:
"poppies, yes poppies will put them to sleep"
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ok sorry....................tis getting late in the day and I'm obviously a bit slow.... :-)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG2keYgBiZc
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