Louis Aston Knight (French/American, 1873-1948)

Cottages by a Stream

细节

Louis Aston Knight (French/American, 1873-1948)
Cottages by a Stream
signed and inscribed 'Aston Knight/Paris' lower right
oil on canvas
33 x 43in. (83.9 x 109.2cm.)

来源

Mrs. Willing Spencer, Newport
The Rev. Leslie J. A. Long, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner

拍品专文

Louis Aston Knight was the son of Daniel Ridgway Knight a well known American painter who exhibited both in Europe and the United States. Aston Knights early training was in Paris in the studios of Jules Lefebvre and Robert Fleury. He recieved a gold medal in the Exposition Universalle in 1900 and an honorable mention in the Salon of 1901.