The Art of Charles R. Knight. Sylvia Czerkas, curator. Exhibit at Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, June-August 1987. Sylvia Czerkas, curator. Exhibit at ...

We know. The mere thought of going out to look at nature illustrations carries that doomed whiff of “educational value.” Charles R. Knight, however, is a pop culture icon. Well, practically. The ...

Many popular images of pre-historic life—including dinosaurs, mammoths, and sabre-tooth tigers—come from the paintings and drawings of artist Charles Knight. Knight's work also influenced scientists' ...

Joseph Leidy and Charles Knight were prominent American academics who committed their lives and reputations to the young field of paleontology. Much like O.C. Marsh and Edward Cope, Leidy participated ...

Remembering "Toppy," my grandfather / by Rhoda Knight Kalt -- Charles R. Knight : a wildlife artist grows in Brooklyn -- It's all happening at the zoo -- Obsessed with heads and horns -- Buffalo dusk ...

Charles R. Knight, father of modern paleo-art, did for the long-extinct what John James Audubon did for American flora and fauna. The Brooklyn Heights–raised illustrator’s paintings of the 1890s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Czerkas, Glut, D. F. 1982. Dinosaurs, ...

DINOSAURS, MAMMOTHS AND CAVEMEN The Art of Charles R. Knight. Sylvia Czerkas, curator. Exhibit at Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, June-August 1987.