The Mariner's Vision: The Life and Legacy of Arthur Knowles Born in the industrial heart of Manchester, England, around 1875, Arthur Knowles emerged from a background of working-class reality that deeply informed his artistic sensibility. While little is recorded of his earliest years, the grit and tangible textures of his upbringing provided a foundation for an artist who would eventually find his true calling in the unpredictable rhythms of the sea. His creative journey began with the delicate exploration of watercolor landscapes, yet it was the vast, churning expanse of the ocean that tru…