Essentially a self taught artist, other than a few drawing classes at the Arts Students League in New York City, Knee, maiden name Schnaufer, came from a wealthy family. Social constraints made most pursuits, outside of marriage and children, impossible for most women. She followed the expected path of marrying and setting about with entertainment and amusements. She abruptly left the marriage after 10 years, then she divorced, which was shocking to 1930’s society.
Selected Exhibitions:
1938 Solo Show Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
1940, 46, 47 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1946, 48, 55 Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY
1943 Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
1941-44 Los Angeles Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
1945 San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1947 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
1948 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1953 Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
1963 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX
1965 Newark Museum of Art, Newark, NJ