Monday, February 28, 2011

Louis Aston Knight - Summer Afternoon, Normandy


Born in Paris, on August 3, 1873 of American parents, Knight studied in his native city under Lefebvre, Robert-Fleury, and with his father, D. R. Knight. While in San Francisco in 1925, he stayed at the Palace Hotel and painted cityscapes and a view of the Palace of Fine Arts. He died in Paris in 1948.

[Oil on canvas, 88.9 x 116.84 cm]

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