(1849-1922)
American
Born: Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Born in Trenton, New Jersey. Married Elizabeth Hill; two daughters, Eva Winifred Goehler and May Booz. Head Designer at M. H. Birge & Sons Company, one of the oldest and finest artistic wallpaper companies in the U.S., founded in 1834. Painted in watercolors and oils. Created ceililng designs on a freelance basis. Friend of artist Charles E. Burchfield.(source; "The Photographers," The Photo-Pictorialists of Buffalo. (Buffalo, NY: Media Study/Buffalo, 1981): 89.)
See: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Exhibition of Wall Paper, Historical and Contemporary. December 4, 1937-January 16, 1938. Exhibition catalog with essay “Wall Paper Printing” by A. C. Knight, M. H. Birge & Sons Co. and Robert Tyler Davis, Albright Art Gallery. The Charles E. Burchfield Archives, Gift of Edna M. Lindemann, 1991.