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John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 -- 1893) was a
Victorian-era painter. Atkinson Grimshaw was
born in Leeds, England his father was a
policeman, and he started work as a railway
clerk. His parents were opposed to his taking
up art as a career. Grimshaw was influenced
by the Pre-Raphaelites, & in his youth
produced vivid, highly finished landscapes.
Gradually, Grimshaw developed his own highly
distinctive style, & subject matter. He
became a consummate painter of twilight,
night time, & autumnal scenes. Grimshaw spent
holidays at Scarborough, & many of his
pictures were set there, & in Whitby. He also
painted nocturnal harbour & dockside
pictures. He spent some time in London.
Grimshaw was, though, a Northerner, & Leeds
remained his base, & his commercial success
allowed him to buy Knostrop Hall on the
outskirts of the city. For a short time in
the mid 1880s, he did have a London Studio.It
is rumoured that he was a friend of Whistler.
Grimshaw's output was much more varied than
just this however. He painted portraits,
interiors, fairy pictures, & most
accomplished fancy pictures, of attractive
gorgeously dressed young women in opulent
interiors. In the early 1890s Grimshaw's
style seemed to be developing in new
directions, three pictures showing this are
Sand, Sea, Summer, & Fantasy of 1892, & At
Anchor 1893. He seemed to be moving towards a
freer, less formal style of painting, perhaps
influenced to a degree by Whistler. Unhappily
this change of direction was not to, be as
Grimshaw died of cancer in 1893.
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John Atkinson Grimshaw
1836-1893 • British
Under the Leafless Trees
Signed "Atkinson Grimshaw 1880" (lower right)
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 33" high x 48" wide
I considered myself the inventor of nocturnes
until I saw Grimmy's moonlight pictures.
--James McNeill Whistler
A stunning, atmospheric scene by John
Atkinson Grimshaw, one of the most
prestigious and influential painters of the
Victorian period. The artist, renowned for
his paintings of landscapes, townscapes and
dockyards, usually portrayed his subjects as
seen by moonlight, lamplight or dusk. The
palette of inspirational hues are magnificent
and the artist's meticulous attention to
detail, characteristic of all of Grimshaw's
work, is captivating.
Grimshaw received immense praise and acclaim
for his nocturnal scenes during the 1870s.
Urban lanes with leafless trees silhouetted
against the moonlit sky have become
synonymous with this incredible artist. Noted
for the photographic qualities of his
cityscapes, Grimshaw's realistic compositions
provide an artistic commentary on the
bustling, industrialized cities of England.
Grimshaw painted with a highly personalized
style, often using photography as a
compositional aid and sometimes even mixing
sand with his paints to create a textural
effect. He was heavily influenced by John
Ruskin's creed of "truth to nature" and
adopted the detailed techniques of the
Pre-Raphaelites. These influences combined to
create Grimshaw's highly personalized style,
which became so popular that imitations and
forgeries appeared even during his lifetime.
Though his breathtaking night scenes have
become his best-known works, he also painted
autumnal landscapes, portraits, interiors,
fairy pictures and neo-classical subjects.
Most of his works were created for private
patrons and between 1874 and 1876, he only
exhibited five of his paintings at the Royal
Academy.
Artist's Museums and Collections:
Tate Gallery, London
Guildhall Art Gallery, London
Leeds City Art Gallery
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Musée des Beaux Arts, Brest, France
New Orleans Museum of Art
Nelson-Atkins Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven,
Connecticut
Rhode Island School of Design
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut
Shepparton Art Centre, Welsford, Australia
King George VI Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth,
South Africa
References:
The Random House Dictionary of Art and
Artists, Random House, 1988
19th-Century Art, Robert Rosenblum & H.W.
Janson, 1984
Dictionary of Victorian Painters, 1978,
Christopher Wood
Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs,
Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 1976, E. Bénézit
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