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Portrait of Louis Aston Knight
Photograph of the artist painting while standing in the river, palette in hand, his stepladder set in the water.

Painter · American

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Louis Aston Knight

A painter of Norman rivers, settled at Beaumont-le-Roger in the Eure.

  • Dates1873 — 1948
  • NationalityAmerican
  • DisciplinePainter
  • Place of birthParis, France

Biography

The son of the painter Daniel Ridgway Knight, he was first taught by his father, then by Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules Lefebvre. He exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1894 and was awarded medals in 1901, 1905 and 1906. Made an officer of the Légion d’honneur in 1927, he was admired for his rendering of transparency, reflections and moving water.

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He had his house at Beaumont-le-Roger in the Eure and found his favourite subjects there: the cottages and gardens of the surrounding villages, whose names recur in his titles. He knew Monet: the two men met in Venice in October 1908, staying at the same hotel, and a photograph of the 1920s shows Monet showing him his roses at Giverny. Not to be confused with his father, whose territory was Rolleboise.

Principal works

The Afterglow oil on canvas. Bought in 1922 by President Warren G. Harding for the White House, Washington.

Key points

  • 1873Born — Paris, France
  • 1948Died

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Portrait of Daniel Ridgway Knight Discover Daniel Ridgway Knight 1839 — 1924 American · Painter An American painter of French peasant women, settled at Poissy and then Rolleboise, on the Seine. Portrait of Claude Monet Discover Claude Monet 1840 — 1926 French · Painter His arrival in Giverny is the most frequently cited starting point of the village’s reputation.

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