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About the Artist, Joseph Knaffl
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Joseph Knaffl, the photographer, was the son of Austrian, Dr. Rudolph
Knaffl. Once a physician at the esteemed court of Austria, he migrated
to Tennessee after the 1848 Austrian revolution. Joseph’s interest in
art & photography led him to open his own studio on Gay Street in
downtown Knoxville. He soon had a very good business and developed many
fine pieces of art and photographs that became famous and very popular.
The “Knaffl Madonna & Child” was his finest work, and his masterpiece.
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