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Charles Robert Knight

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American artist (1874-1953)

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Charles Robert Knight was an American wildlife and paleoartist best known for his detailed paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States.

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Knight's iconic mural of a Triceratops confronting a Tyrannosaurus, painted for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in 1928, likely his most famous workKnight's iconic mural of a Triceratops confronting a Tyrannosaurus, painted for the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago in 1928, likely his most famous workEntelodon (then known as Elotherium), the first commissioned restoration of an extinct animal by Charles R. Knight, 1894[1]Entelodon (then known as Elotherium), the first commissioned restoration of an extinct animal by Charles R. Knight, 1894[1]Leaping Laelaps by Charles R. Knight, 1897--the dinosaur is now called DryptosaurusLeaping Laelaps by Charles R. Knight, 1897--the dinosaur is now called DryptosaurusSmilodon from 1903Smilodon from 1903Knight working on Stegosaurus in 1899Knight working on Stegosaurus in 1899Brontosaurus, 1897Brontosaurus, 1897Knight's restoration of Agathaumas from 1897, which was later used as basis for a model Agathaumas used in the 1925 film The Lost World[9]Knight's restoration of Agathaumas from 1897, which was later used as basis for a model Agathaumas used in the 1925 film The Lost World[9]

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Charles Robert Knight was an American wildlife and paleoartist best known for his detailed paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States. One of his most famous works is a mural of Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops, which helped establish the two dinosaurs as "mortal enemies" in popular culture. Working at a time when many fossil discoveries were fragmentary and dinosaur anatomy was not well understood, many of his illustrations have later been shown to be incorrect representations. Nevertheless, he has been hailed as "one of the great popularizers of the prehistoric past".

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Lived 1874 to 1953 · aged 78
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