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Dodge Macknight (''né'' William Dodge MacKnight; 1 October 1860 Providence, Rhode Island – 23 May 1950
Eugene Boch a friend of Dodge MacNight
/ref> Russell portrayed both van Gogh and MacKnight. The largest collections of MacKnight's works are at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,
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Dodge Macknight (''né'' William Dodge MacKnight; 1 October 1860 Providence, Rhode Island – 23 May 1950 East Sandwich
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, Massachusetts
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) was an American painter.
Career
MacKnight's work falls under the post-Impressionism, an art movement that succeeded the nineteenth-century impressionism. McKnight made the major part of his career watercolors. His colorful works were appreciated by amateurs inBoston
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, who were receptive to impressionist aesthetics
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. He painted mostly landscapes and was considered as the equal of John Singer Sargent
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.
MacKnight lived in Fontvieille at the time when Vincent van Gogh was living in Arles. In 1888, they met through John Russell John Russell may refer to:
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. MacKnight became a friend of van Gogh, and introduced him to the Belgian painter Eugène Boch./ref> Russell portrayed both van Gogh and MacKnight. The largest collections of MacKnight's works are at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,
Boston
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. The Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge (Massachusetts) also have a collection of his paintings.
References
External links
*The Free Library
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