Tranquility
Davidson Knowles (1854-1901)
1885
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TRANQUILITY
DAVIDSON KNOWLES
IMPRESSIONISM
Oil Painting on Canvas, 1885
Size: 28.0 x 36.0 in; 71.12 x 91.44 cm
Signed: Recto, lower right
Magnificent rendering of a young woman, dressed in her quintessential Victorian finery, holding an elegant parasol, and taking a pleasant leisurely trip on the water in a sylvan setting. Active in London, portrait and landscape artist Davidson Knowles was born in 1852. Knowles was a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and Suffolk Street Gallery. He exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Academy, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Walker Art Gallery, Manchester City Art Gallery, Royal Society of Portrait Painters and New England Art Club, among others. He also supplied illustrations to The Illustrated London News and The Girl’s Own Paper.
Creator: Davidson Knowles
Creation Year: 1885
Dimensions: 28.0 x 36.0 in
Medium: Oil Painting on Canvas
Movement/Style: Impressionism
Period: 19th Century
Condition: Very Good