In later years he abandoned the practice of drawing from books altogether, and instead drew from life. Knight began drawing when he was around five or six years old.

His father also took him trips to the American Museum of Natural History which fueled his knowledge for nature. Knight was born in Brooklyn, New York City on October 21, 1874.Īs a child, Knight was deeply interested in nature and animals, largely thanks to his father's passion for the outdoors and spent many hours copying the illustrations from his father's natural history books. Nevertheless, he has been hailed as 'one of the great popularizers of the prehistoric past'. 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. 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. His works have been reproduced in many books and are currently on display at several major museums in the United States.

Charles Robert Knight (Octo– April 15, 1953) was an American wildlife and paleoartist best known for his detailed paintings of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals.

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