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Painting of Haiti Capital to Sell at Bonhams to Aid Damaged Country

Louis Aston Knight (American, 1873-1948,) - "A view of Haiti" - Photo; Courtesy: Bonhams.

NEW YORK, NY.- An oil painting of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti,
by Louis Aston Knight (American, 1873-1948), is estimated to sell for
$6,000-9,000 at Bonhams in New York and will aid AmeriCares
,
the nonprofit global health and disaster relief organization currently
working in Haiti.
Born in Paris, Louis Knight studied there under
Robert-Fleury Lefebvre and his father, Daniel Ridgway Knight. He is known
chiefly as a landscape painter and was the recipient of numerous awards during
his lifetime.