Draft:Benjamin Knotts

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Benjamin Knotts (October 31, 1898 - 1965) was an artist in the United States.

He was born in Des Moines, Iowa. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He was photographed painting a federally funded mural at Julia Richman High School in New York City. He was working on pictorial map mural project with Guy Maccoy at the school. The Met has a drawing by Knotts that was donated to it by Albert Ten Eyck Gardner.

He prepared a portfolio of 26 silk screen plates for the METs Pennsylvania German Design publication.

WPA administrator for Federal Art Project? head of Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

He had a feud with Mordecai Gorelik who he was supervising for work the set of the King Hunger production. He worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art including as Supervisor of Educational Exhibitions and as Display Manager.