What is Stephen Knapp?
{{Infobox artist | bgcolour = | name = Stephen Knapp | image = Stephen-Knapp-portrait.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Stephen Knapp assembling a lightpainting, 2006. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|10|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|11|24|1947|10|15}} | death_place = [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States|American]] | field = Architectural installation, mixed-media sculpture, photography, and ceramics | training = [[Hamilton College (New York)|Hamilton College]] | movement = [[Lightpainting]] | works = | awards = }} '''Stephen Knapp''' (October 15, 1947{{spaced ndash}}November 24, 2017) was an American artist. He was best known for his use of the medium of [[lightpainting]]. He created an international reputation for large-scale works of art held in museums, public, corporate, and private collections, which are executed in media as diverse as light, kiln-formed glass, metal, stone, mosaic, and ceramic. Knapp died in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] on November 24, 2017 of complications from [[acute myeloid leukemia]] at the age of 70.<ref>{{cite news|author1=Bryan Marquard|title=Stephen Knapp, 70, artist who created ‘lightpaintings’|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2017/11/26/stephen-knapp-artist-who-created-lightpaintings/AvybMm0cdxJiqc2x027OjI/story.html|access-date=November 29, 2017|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=November 27, 2017|archive-date=September 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923121950/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/obituaries/2017/11/26/stephen-knapp-artist-who-created-lightpaintings/AvybMm0cdxJiqc2x027OjI/story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Knapp, Stephen}} [[Category:1947 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from acute myeloid leukemia]] [[Category:American artists]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Massachusetts]] {{US-bio-stub}}