Background
Macknight, Dodge was born on October 1, 1860 in Providence. Son of John W. and Phoebe (Davenport) Macknight.
Macknight, Dodge was born on October 1, 1860 in Providence. Son of John W. and Phoebe (Davenport) Macknight.
Studied with Fernand Cormon, Paris.
His 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 in Boston, who were receptive to impressionist aesthetics.
He painted mostly landscapes and was considered as the equal of John Singer Sargent.
MacKnight lived in Fontvieille at the time when Vincent van Gogh was living in Arles. In 1888, they met through John Peter Russell.
Russell portrayed both van Gogh and MacKnight. The largest collections of MacKnight"s works are in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and the Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge (Massachusetts).
Married Louise Queyrel, 1892 (deceased).