Louis Aston Knight

Louis Aston Knight (1873 — 1948) was a French-born American artist noted for his paintings of landscapes.

One of his paintings, The Afterglow, was purchased by U.S. President Warren G. Harding in 1922 to hang in the White House.

"[1] He married Caroline Ridgeway Brewster at the home of State Senator Joseph Sherman Frelinghuysen, Sr. in Raritan, New Jersey in 1907.

[3] His auction record is $108,000, for A Cottage Along the River, secured at Sotheby's, New York on 30 November 2005.

[4] The painting was purchased by Rehs Galleries, Inc., New York, and the title was corrected to Beaumontel (as inscribed on the reverse by the artist).