Charles Wilson Knapp Biography | Oil Paintings
3-17-1823 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA - 5-15-1900 Philadelphia, PA USA
Charles Wilson Knapp sketched and painted in Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, the Delaware Water Gap, and the Berkshire Mountains, but his favorite was painting the hills and rocky valleys of the Susquehanna River Valley area, a favored region for generations of artists before Knapp and his contemporaries. While the area was becoming noticeably urbanized, Charles Wilson Knapp was one of the several artists who continued to paint the peacefulness and quiet of the place which had drawn them there in the first place.
Charles Wilson Knapp shows the magnificence of nature in his oil paintings, whether in the vastness of the landscapes or their detail. He was accomplished at achieving the effects of light and atmosphere. His work follows in the tradition of mid-nineteenth-century painting and of the Hudson River School, but a bit lighter in the palette, moving closer to Luminism.
The artist lived in Philadelphia for most of his career, only residing in New York City between 1859 and 1861. He first exhibited at the National Academy of Design in New York City in 1859 and had exhibits in Boston, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
His paintings are in many important private collections, Charles Wilson Knapp is considered a leading White Mountains landscape artist of great talent.
Art Movement: Hudson River School, Luminism.
Artist's Biography compiled by Albert L. Mansour at The World's Artist.
Charles Wilson Knapp Hand-Painted Oil Painting Reproductions.
Charles Wilson Knapp Museum Art Replicas on Canvas.
The World's Artists Most Popular Products and Services
You can do a deep search for an oil painting by specific artists, colors, or subject matter . You can also check the art movements page to find the painter linked to a particular art movement. If you do not see your favorite artist or an oil painting, request it in our made-to-order, custom-made oil painting section or contact us . You can choose an oil painting reproduction to see it in your home or office surroundings and find out how to do it in our wall art mock-up photo . We also provide additional resources about art canvas sizes and oil painting care .In our studio and on our artists pages, you will learn about the painting process and how we paint the oil painting reproductions. The same procedures pictured are used for painting: pet portraits , portrait oil paintings from your photographs , and oil paintings of your home . We uncovered some of the exact locations where famous oil paintings were painted. See the side-by-side comparisons in Then and Now, plus Tilt-Shift painting photos . On top of that, some of the famous painters' oil paintings were made into interesting tilt-shift photos.