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Thomas McKnight is an American artist that specializes in contemporary American landscape painting. Thomas McKnight is best known for his commission work for the White House while Bill Clinton was in office, including the official White House Christmas card artwork. Shop a selection of authentic Thomas McKnight artwork on 1stDibs.
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Westhampton /// Contemporary Thomas McKnight Screenprint Hamptons NY Modern Art
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Thomas McKnight (American, 1941-)
Title: "Westhampton"
Portfolio: The Hamptons
*Signed by McKnight in pencil lower right
Year: 1987
Medium: Original Screenprint on soft-white Somerset paper
Limited edition: 143/175, (there were also 40 artist's proofs)
Printer: Willco Fine Art, New York, NY
Publisher: Chalk & Vermilion, New York, NY
Sheet size: 21" x 23"
Image size: 16" x 18.13"
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away in its original green silk boxed portfolio for decades. In mint condition
Notes:
Numbered by McKnight in pencil lower left. Comes from McKnight's 1987 "The Hamptons" portfolio of twelve screenprints. Artist's copyright stamp lower right on verso.
Biography:
Thomas McKnight (born 1941) is a U.S. artist. He was born in 1941 in Lawrence, Kansas. He attended Wesleyan University, a small liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, where he was one of only five art majors. He spent his junior year in Paris. After a year of graduate work in art history at Columbia University, in 1964 McKnight found a job at Time Magazine where he would work for eight years, interrupted by a two-year stint in the U. S. Army in South Korea. In 1972 McKnight left Time, summered on the Greek island of Mykonos, and commenced painting in earnest. In 1979 in Mykonos, McKnight met Renate, a vacationing Austrian student, and married the following year. Throughout the 1980s McKnight’s art, mainly limited edition serigraph prints, became increasingly popular. In 1994 he was commissioned by the White House to paint the first of three images for President Clinton...
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
“1991 Martha’s Vineyard”
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Warren, NJ
Thomas McKnight serigraph “1991 Martha’s Vineyard” signed and numbered. In good condition unframed measures 39x43
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Category
20th Century Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Sunset Hill - Mykonos
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sunset Hill - Mykonos is a serigraph on paper with an image size 20 x 36 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered lower left. Framed in a contemporary black frame. Numbered...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen
Rialto, Venice Limited Edition Serigraph
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant serigraph of Rialto, Venice bridge as viewed from loggia with plants and birds by Thomas McKnight (American, b. 1941), 1983. Signed lower right corner. Numbered LXXIX/C (79/100) lower left corner. Presented in gilt-toned wood frame under glass. Image size: 26"H x 28"W.
Thomas McKnight's paintings, serigraphs and posters, phenomenally popular with the public, have placed him in an elite group of contemporary artist...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
Ravello Garden (Amalfi Coast)
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Greenwich, CT
Ravello Garden from the Amalfi Coast collection is a serigraph on paper with an image size 16 x 18 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered lower left. Framed in a contempo...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen
Pacific Heights
By Thomas McKnight
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pacific Heights is a serigraph on paper with an image size 18 x 36 inches, signed 'McKnight' lower right and numbered lower left. Framed in a contemporary black moulding. Numbered AP...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Screen