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Philoceratops — Happy 144th, Charles R. Knight!

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Published: 2018-10-22 01:18:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 6521; Favourites: 205; Downloads: 0
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Description      This is going to be the first in a series of annual drawings commemorating the birth of American wildlife artist and paleoartist Charles R. Knight (1874-1953), who shaped the 20th century's image of prehistory with his paintings, mainly the ones at the Field Museum of Natural History and the American Museum of Natural History. His inspiration was incredible, as one can clearly see his influence in Ray Harryhausen's dinosaurs from One Million Years B.C. and The Valley of Gwangi, Walt Disney's "Rite of Spring" segment of Fantasia, and most famously, in Marcel Delgado's and Willis O'Brien's masterpieces King Kong and The Lost World.

     Even after his passing in 1953, Knight's dinosaurs weren't unappreciated. Friend and taxidermist Louis Paul Jonas took it upon himself to make Knight's and his dream come true: to make a park filled with life-sized models of dinosaurs. At first Barnum Brown was the consulting paleontologist in this endeavor until his death in 1963, when Yale paleontologist (and describer of Deinonychus 6 years later!) John Ostrom took over. In that same year, the finished sculptures went on a barge from the Hudson River down to the 1964 World's Fair, and installed in an attraction called Sinclair Dinoland.  

  In this drawing, I have assembled 6 of Knight's most prominent dinosaurs that he illustrated for the American Museum of Natural History, between the years 1894-1934. From left to right, here are the subjects of this drawing:


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Charles R. Knight 
Ornitholestes hermanni 
Agathaumas sphenocerus (composite of many ceratopsians)
Brontosaurus excelsus 
Laelaps aquilunguis (now Dryptosaurus aquilunguis)
Tyrannosaurus rex
Trachodon annectens (now a species of Edmontosaurus)

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Stay tuned for next year, for marine reptiles!


---Leo
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Comments: 51

Philoceratops In reply to ??? [2018-12-23 14:45:08 +0000 UTC]

I couldn't agree more.

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MerkavaDragunov [2018-11-02 09:47:08 +0000 UTC]

Very Retro mate
nice work

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Philoceratops In reply to MerkavaDragunov [2018-11-02 14:16:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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zachrobinson [2018-10-30 02:57:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Really nice job! I love Charles R. Knight's work, it's the best

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Philoceratops In reply to zachrobinson [2018-10-30 03:08:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, Zach! 

And this won't be the last time you'll be seeing a drawing for a famous paleoartist anytime soon...

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RhydonDude [2018-10-23 12:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Wow.. this is really nice and a great tribute to one of the pioneer paleoartists.

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Philoceratops In reply to RhydonDude [2018-10-23 13:58:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, it was a fun and laborious drawing to make.

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ferrariantonio In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-27 10:17:03 +0000 UTC]

My challenge. Read the description for better understanding. Feel free to ask for clarification:

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Philoceratops In reply to ferrariantonio [2018-10-27 14:47:18 +0000 UTC]

No thanks, and please don't do this.

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ferrariantonio In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-27 15:12:49 +0000 UTC]

Ok. Thanks for the answer.

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RaptorGorilla [2018-10-22 19:51:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tribute to one of the most famous early paleoartists !

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Philoceratops In reply to RaptorGorilla [2018-10-23 02:18:43 +0000 UTC]

Indeed so, and thanks!

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AnonymousLlama428 [2018-10-22 18:57:57 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

A fantastic tribute

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Philoceratops In reply to AnonymousLlama428 [2018-10-23 02:26:28 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, and yes indeed...

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Cefal27 [2018-10-22 13:50:44 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhh, this beautiful Laelaps...

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Philoceratops In reply to Cefal27 [2018-10-22 15:27:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, I had fun drawing it!

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Zealandiatherium [2018-10-22 10:00:00 +0000 UTC]

I love it phil

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Philoceratops In reply to Zealandiatherium [2018-10-22 15:25:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Zeal!

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NordicB3rry [2018-10-22 09:27:42 +0000 UTC]

Very Nice!

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Philoceratops In reply to NordicB3rry [2018-10-22 15:25:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton!

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NordicB3rry In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 16:00:03 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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SaurArch [2018-10-22 06:35:51 +0000 UTC]

I had no idea that today was his birthday or that the Sinclair dinosaur park was originally his brain child! Thanks for sharing this!

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Philoceratops In reply to SaurArch [2018-10-22 15:27:27 +0000 UTC]

No problem, man! Glad to know that you learned something new!

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VanishingSilence [2018-10-22 04:00:08 +0000 UTC]

The paleo art king!

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Philoceratops In reply to VanishingSilence [2018-10-22 15:27:34 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeed!

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HUBLERDON [2018-10-22 03:09:47 +0000 UTC]

Leapin' Laelaps!

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Philoceratops In reply to HUBLERDON [2018-10-22 15:30:50 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that was a fun one to draw...

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105697 [2018-10-22 02:53:31 +0000 UTC]

The nostalgia....

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Philoceratops In reply to 105697 [2018-10-22 03:05:42 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeedo...

The rex was the most fun to draw

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deinocheirusmaster [2018-10-22 02:40:55 +0000 UTC]

I love the Edmontasaurus one the best!

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Philoceratops In reply to deinocheirusmaster [2018-10-22 15:28:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, it was a pain to draw...

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deinocheirusmaster In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 21:48:23 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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kingrexy [2018-10-22 02:22:35 +0000 UTC]

Nice details!

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Philoceratops In reply to kingrexy [2018-10-22 15:28:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much, man!

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kingrexy In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 15:30:46 +0000 UTC]

Welcome my man!

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Rahonavis70m [2018-10-22 02:21:41 +0000 UTC]

Happy Birthday Charles Knight!

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Philoceratops In reply to Rahonavis70m [2018-10-22 15:30:26 +0000 UTC]

Cheers!

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Evodolka [2018-10-22 01:33:41 +0000 UTC]

oh, good times back then, things were wacky
but still happy birthday to basically the father of paleoart

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Philoceratops In reply to Evodolka [2018-10-22 01:46:50 +0000 UTC]

Happy birthday indeed!

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Evodolka In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 01:50:53 +0000 UTC]

he's also 1 of the VERY few people who i have memorized the name of

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Philoceratops In reply to Evodolka [2018-10-22 02:08:08 +0000 UTC]

Here are some other nice retro paleoartists:

Zdeněk Burian 
Konstantin Konstantinovich Flyorov
Ely Kish
Rudolph Zallinger
Neave Parker 
Maurice Wilson
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Heinrich Harder
Gerhard Heilmann

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Evodolka In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 14:41:17 +0000 UTC]

thanks a bunch, this should help a tonne

i have never heard of any of these guys nor would i have remembered the names

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Philoceratops In reply to Evodolka [2018-10-22 15:24:49 +0000 UTC]

Well, their art's pretty snazzy!

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Evodolka In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 17:34:41 +0000 UTC]

i'll look them up

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HewyToonmore [2018-10-22 01:20:48 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!

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Philoceratops In reply to HewyToonmore [2018-10-22 01:22:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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HewyToonmore In reply to Philoceratops [2018-10-22 01:33:39 +0000 UTC]

Could you maybe draw these guys? www.charlesrknight.com/Gallery…

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Philoceratops In reply to HewyToonmore [2018-10-22 01:47:36 +0000 UTC]

That'll be for another time...

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zebG [2018-10-22 01:19:59 +0000 UTC]

Happy B day Charlie!

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Philoceratops In reply to zebG [2018-10-22 01:23:00 +0000 UTC]

You bet!

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