biography of Dodge MACKNIGHT (1860-1950)

Birth place: Providence, RI

Death place: Sandwich, MA

Addresses: New Orleans, active 1899; Mystic, CT, 1900; Spring Hill, MA, 1904; Sandwich, MA, 1929

Profession: Painter

Studied: Fernan & Cormon, in Paris.

Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1885-87; Doll and Richards Gals., Boston, 1888-1917 (at least 23 exhib.); John S. Sargent's Studio, London, Engl., 1890; Hampton Inst., Hampton, VA, 1893; Fiske Library Gal., New Orleans, LA, 1893, 1899; Saint Botolph Cl., Boston, 1894, 1907, 1912; Mrs. Henry Whitman Studio, Boston, 1895; PAFA Ann., 1895-99; AIC, 1895-1924; H.S. Hutchinson and Co., New Bedford, 1898, 1902; Boston AC, 1899; Artist's Assoc. of New Orleans, 1899; Black and White Cl., Plymouth, MA, 1902; NOAA, 1904, 1932; Twentieth Century Cl., Boston, 1907; New Bedford A. Cl. Loan Exhib., 1908; Armory Show, 1913; New Bedford A. Cl., 1920; Vose Gal., Boston, 1920s (several exh., all sold out)

Member: NYWCC; Boston AC; New Soc. of Artists, NY

Work: CMA; Detroit Inst. Arts; Fogg Art Mus.; Isabella Stewart Gardner Mus., Boston; BM; large coll. watercolors at BMFA; RISD.

Comments: Born William Dodge MacKnight, he began his career as a painter of theater scenery. Traveled to Europe to study and paint, 1883-91; returned to the US, first to Greenfield, MA, then Mystic, CT and finally Cape Cod. He continued to travel widely, painting landscapes. He was particularly known for his snow scenes in NH.

Sources: WW40; Blasdale, Artists of New Bedford, 122-3 (w/repros.); Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 248-49; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 368; Falk, Exh. Record Series.