Daniel Ridgway Knight's painting of a Flanders girl in native working clothing, doing "non-industrialized" work provided another opportunity to study water in an oil painting.
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| Cropped: Girl by a Stream, Flanders, c. 1890, by Daniel Ridgway Knight, American, 1839-1924, oil on canvas. Click on image to enlarge. |
Knight's sky and background reflections on the calm waters also appeared differently up close and across the gallery. In fact, that is true for all of this painting, and is most noticable in the reedy plants along the waterside,and the flowers to the left of the girl, on the grassland.
Across the gallery, the images have a photo-like quality and appear very precise. Up close, the light bounces around the water, blades of grass, flowers, the collection bag,and the girl, as well. Study the full image below, clicking for a closer view, to see the differences in the shimmering water created by Knight's painting technique.
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| Daniel Ridgway Knight, American, 1839 - 1924, Girl by a Stream, Flanders, c. 1890, oil on canvas. Click on image to enlarge. Painting on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. |
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