Off to the country with French born American artist Louis Aston Knight. Living from 1873 to 1948, he was the son of artist Daniel Ridgway Knight. Exhibited at the Paris Salon.

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“The Blue Cottage.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Signed “Aston Knight Paris” on the lower right. Private collection. Image source: the-athenaeum.org. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Blue_Cottage._Louis_Aston_Knight.jpg
“Beaumontel.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Signed “Aston Knight Paris” on the lower left. Private collection. Image source: the-athenaeum.org. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beaumontel._Louis_Aston_Knight.jpg
“By the River.” Undated. Oil on canvas. Signed “Aston Knight Paris” on the lower right. Image © 2021 Grogan & Company, Inc. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.groganco.com/auction-lot/louis-aston-knight-american-1873-1948-by-the-rive_1734D5E9C6

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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