Daniel Ridgway Knight (1839 – 1924)
Posted by Suzay Lamb on January 4, 2013
Les Cerisiers
Chrysanthemums
Maria, By The Seine
Gathering Roses
In The Garden
Meditation
A Lovely Thought
Sur la terrasse
Picking Flowers
Leçon de danse
A Woman With A Watering Can By The River
Watching
Picking Poppies
The Grass Cutter
Polishing The Urn
Afternoon Sun, Rolleboise
Time To Rest
Fishing
Julia, Corner Of The Garden
At Poissy Your Health
Young Girl By A Stream
Shepherdess And Her Flock
Girl In A Landscape
Daydreaming
Country Girl
Clamming
The Gossips
Normandy Garden
The Seine At Vernon
A Passing Conversation
vincenzo said
I like this series of paintings devoted to the peasant life, because they do breathe the atmosphere simple and genuine of a world almost gone, replaced by modern agricultural technologies, which, in my opinion, dehumanize the true relationship between man and nature.
Bruce said
True, to some extent. There is something to be said for a simpler life led closer to nature. On the other hand, these paintings romanticize this existence, capturing one idyllic moment in what were probably very hard farming lives.
I eat bread and drink milk so I don’t begrudge today’s farmers their “modern agricultural technologies” (to the extent that they do not abuse their livestock or circumvent food safety standards) that provide me with this food in a more efficient manner. As for me personally, I much rather buy bread and milk in the supermarket than manually reaping grain or milking cows.
I like nostalgic depictions of bygone rural life, but I always keep in mind how arduous those lives were, and how we could never feed the amount of people on this planet now if those old agricultural methods were still in use. Daniel Ridgway Knight was definitely a romanticist in this regard.
Miral fayed said
WOW…………those are the most beautiful photos i have ever seen.so touching,so deep…….the features of the girl are so expressive,so deep…………so sentimental