Davidson Knowles (1854–1901) was a British landscape painter, active in London from 1879.[1]: 162 [2] He was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists, and exhibited at its gallery in Suffolk Street and at the Royal Academy.[1]: 162  He supplied illustrations to The Illustrated London News,[3] and to The Girl's Own Paper; two of these are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Algernon Graves (1895). A Dictionary of artists who have exhibited works in the principal London exhibitions of oil paintings from 1760 to 1880, enlarged edition. London: Henry Graves & Co.
  2. ^ Davidson Knowles. Art UK. Accessed April 2018.
  3. ^ Here are some examples of Illustrated London News Christmas Supplements / Magazines. The Illustrated London News. Accessed April 2018.
  4. ^ Collection / 2 results out of 457,315 records. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Accessed April 2018.

Further reading edit

  • Wright, Christopher (2006). British and Irish paintings in public collections. An index of British and Irish oil paintings by artists born before 1870 in public and institutional collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland. London: Yale University Press.
  • Pfisterer, Paul (1999). Dictionary of Signatures/Signaturenlexikon. Berlin: De Gruyter.