Andrew Knez, Jr. A Fine Artist and Painter of Frontier Art.

Andrew Knez, Jr.is a painter of the 1750 to 1830 American Frontier. He uses period sources for historic accuracy in his work. (Mr. Knez’s last name is pronounced with a K sound followed by NEZ without an emphasis on either syllable.)

Mr. Knez has a love of art, history and muzzleloading arms.  He is a longtime black powder shooter and moves in the contemporary makers’ circle where he is surrounded by the best work being done today. All of these facts show in his work. You have seen Mr.Knez’s art on the covers of Muzzle Loader, Muzzle Blasts, On the Trail, Backwoodsman, Black Powder Cartridge News and Precision Shooting periodicals.

Mr. Knez received his initial training at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University) starting in the eighth grade in an intensive youth art project. The program was one where the students “had to earn their way through,” according to Mr. Knez. He was one of eight that remained after hundreds did not make it through the program.  When he graduated from the program, he decided  to attend the Pittsburgh Art Institute.  Mr. Knez has never known a time where he did not use his artistic talents to make a living.

Mr. Knez made his living as a commercial artist, an owner of a screen printing business and in 1999 went into his frontier painting full-time.

Mr. Knez will paint a piece of commissioned art as long as it does not depart from his frontier niche.  He also hints that looser requirements tend to make a better painting. Mr. Knez is self-published and uses his website as his sales outlet to the public.

Let’s look at the First Attack of Fort Boonesborough

I received the giclee canvas reproduction and was pleased with its quality. What I like about a good giclee canvas print is that looks virtually the same as the original painting in that it is on stretched canvas with the texture showing through. Plus the permanent dyes really look like oil paint. The giclee canvas reproduction  is definitely a step above a lithograph print. Check out Mr. Knez’s website to see the accompanying story for this piece of art. Mr. Knez goes to great lengths to research and document his paintings’ authenticity.

There is a lot of additional information on Mr. Knez’s website. When you go there, please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Here is his link: www.andrewknezjr.com

Thanks for reading,
Rick Sheets

This is what I see in the First Attack of Fort Boonesborough.
The video is only one minute long.