| Biography of old oil painting master John Atkinson Grimshaw what we can copy |
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John Atkinson Grimshaw
English Aesthetic artist
born 1836 - died 1893
Father of: Arthur
E. Grimshaw (1868-1913)
Atkinson Grimshaw was born in Leeds, his
father was a policeman, & 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
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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. |
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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. |
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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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