A languid stream in a verdant green landscape by the well recorded Franco American artist Louis Aston Knight. *Louis Aston Knight was a French-born American artist noted for his paintings of landscapes, in particular his depiction of running water. One of his paintings, The Afterglow, was purchased by U.S. President Warren G. Harding in 1922 to hang in the White House. 

Biography 

Aston Knight, the son of Daniel Ridgway Knight and Rebecca Morris Webster Knight, was born in Paris in 1873. He was raised in Europe and received his early training from his father. He later continued his studies with Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules Lefebvre. Aston Knight exhibited his first work at the Paris Salon in 1894 and continued exhibiting there throughout his lifetime, winning an honourable mention in 1901, a third class gold medal in 1905, and second class gold medal in 1906. His favourite 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 in 1907. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur, the highest decoration in France, in 1927.

Credit Wikipedia. 

Provenance 

Purchased in 1955 in Linköping, Nystedts konsthandel and Konstsalong AB. No. 2578. Gästriklands Auktionskammare 2023 

Condition The varnish is slightly yellow, but the painting is in good sound original condition. The frame is by the notable Swedish company, Claes Hultberg of Stockholm. It is a bit time worn but is serviceable.

Size 27cm x 35cm (39cm x 47cm framed) 

10.6 x 13.8 inches (15.3 x 18.5 inches framed)