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John Atkinson Grimshaw:List of works
- A Dead Linnet, 1862
- Saint Cecilia, 1862
- Portrait of the artist's wife, Theodosia, as Ophelia, 1863
- Blea tarn at first light, Langdale pikes in the distance, 1865
- Wimbledon Park, Autumn After Glow, 1866
- A Mountain Road, Flood Time, 1868
- Landscape with a winding river, 1868
- Autumn Glory: The Old Mill, 1869
- Colwith Force, 1869
- Still Life of Birds Nest with Primulas and Blossom, 1869
- Twilight, The Vegetable Garden, 1869
- Bowder Stone, Borrowdale, 1870
- Evening, Knostrop Old Hall, 1870
- Dame Autumn has a mournful face, 1871
- Poachers, 1871
- Full Moon behind Cirrus Cloud from the Roundhay Park Castle Battlements, 1872
- Under The Harvest måne, 1872
- Lovers in a wood, 1873
- A moonlit lane, 1874
- The Heron's Haunt, 1874
- The lotus gatherers, 1874
- Forge Valley, Scarborough, 1875
- In the Pleasaunce, 1875
- Liverpool from Wapping, 1875
- The Lady of Shalott, 1875
- Il Penseroso, 1875
- Whitby Docks, 1876
- Blue Belle, 1877
- Elaine, 1877
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John Atkinson Grimshaw
English painter (1836–1893)
John Atkinson Grimshaw | |
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| Born | (1836-09-06)6 September 1836 Leeds, England |
| Died | 13 October 1893(1893-10-13) (aged 57) Knostrop, Leeds, England |
| Resting place | Woodhouse Cemetery, Woodhouse, Leeds |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Frances Hubbard (m. 1856) |
John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.[1][2] He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999).[3]
Grimshaw's love for realism stemmed from a passion for photography, which would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Though entirely self-taught, he is known to have openly used a camera obscura or lenses to project scenes onto canvas, which made up for his shortcomings as
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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.[1][2] Today, he is considered one of the great painters of the Victorian era, as well as one of the best and most accomplished nightscape and townscape artists of all time. He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999).[3]
Grimshaw's love for realism stemmed from a passion for photography, which would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Though entirely self-taught, he is known to have used a camera obscura or lenses to project scenes onto canvas, which made up for his shortcomings as a draughtsman and his imperfect knowledge of perspective. This technique, allegedly also used by Caravaggio, as well as Vermeer, was condemned by a number of his contemporaries who believed it demonstrated less skill than painting by eye,[4] with some claimi