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Louis Aston Knight (1873–1948) was an American realist landscape painter, known for his depictions of French countryside, particularly Normandy streams and cottages. Born in Paris to American expatriate artist Daniel Ridgway Knight, Louis studied with his father and French masters Robert-Fleury and Lefebvre, exhibiting at the Paris Salon and winning multiple awards, including a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 and two gold medals at the Paris Salon in 1905 and 1906.
He was the first American to win two gold medals at the Salon in consecutive years, a rare honor. He was promoted to Officer of the Légion d'honneur in France in 1927. Knight was a favorite of American Presidents; President Harding purchased his painting "The Afterglow" in 1922 for the White House. After his home in France was bombed in 1940, he moved to New York, where he died in 1948.
