Knott Arthur Harold -River

Knott, Arthur Harold DeWitt (1863-1977) Painter, Born in Toronto Canada on May 22 1863. At the age of 3, Knott settled with his family in Burlington VT Opting for an art career he studied in NYC at the Pratt Institute and ASL under Birge Harrison, George Bridgman and Dudley Murphy. He made summer trips to Calif prior to relocating there in 1920. After one year in Laguna Beach he moved north to Carmel. while working for a builder as a designer of houses, he was active in the local art colony and a founding member of the Carmel Art Assn. Following his marriage in 1928, he moved down the coast to Morro Bay into a Cape Cod style house called Little House of the River Winds" where he remained until his death on April 16, 1977. A master of light and shade, Knott captured on canvas the beauty of the Monterey Peninsula and Morro Bay of yesteryear. Member: Artland Club LA, Calif Art Club; Morro Bay AA; Laguna Art Club 1922-30; Artland Club 1927 Springville UT High School, 1928 Santa Cruz Art League 1929 Stanford Art Gallery 1930

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