SIGNED Framed Ornate Frame BIG 40″ x 46″ Overall. The Painting or Canvas Size is Approximately 26″ x 32″ but framed in this Gorgeous Elaborate Frame measures and overall size of 40″ x 46″. This Louis Aston Knight Original is Signed in the lower Right: Louis Aston Knight “Paris” it Depicts a woman walking on a path carrying a basket with a gust of wind blowing the trees, grass and her hooded coat. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Louis Aston Knight painting in a stream, circa 1900 / unidentified photographer. Charles Scribner’s Sons Art Reference Dept. Records, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Louis Aston Knight (18731948) was a French-born American artist noted for his paintings of landscapes. In 1922 to hang in the White House. Aston Knight, the son of Daniel Ridgway Knight. And Rebecca Morris Webster Knight, was born in Paris. He was raised in Europe and received his early training with his father. He later continued his studies with Tony Robert-Fleury. Aston Knight exhibited his first work at the Paris Salon. In 1894 and continued exhibiting there throughout his lifetime, winning an honorable mention in 1901, a third class gold medal in 1905, and second glass gold medal in 1906. His favorite subjects were the cottages and gardens in the towns surrounding his home in Beaumont-le-Roger. He was noted for his ability to render the transparency, the reflections and the movements of water. He married Caroline Ridgeway Brewster at the home of State Senator Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. In Raritan, New Jersey. They had two sons, Ridgway Brewster Knight and George William Knight, and a daughter, Diane Knight Todd, whose childhood playhouse was a frequent subject of Knight’s paintings. He was promoted to officer of the Légion d’honneur. The highest decoration in France. This wonderful piece was acquired from an Estate of an Art Lover and Collector. The item “Louis Aston Knight Oil on Canvas Paris Landscape Original Art French / American” is in sale since Thursday, April 06, 2017. This item is in the category “Art\Art from Dealers & Resellers\Paintings”. The seller is “issagiftcards” and is located in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. This item can be shipped to United States.

• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Signed?: Signed
• Medium: Oil
• Subject: Landscape
• Style: Realism
• Size Type/Largest Dimension: Large (Greater than 30in.)
• Region of Origin: Europe