ATKINSON GRIMSHAW Art Book contains 75+ Reproductions of landscapes, nocturnal, and genre scenes with title,date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, thumbnail gallery and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).
BORN: September 6, 1836 in Leeds, England.
DIED: October 13, 1893 in Leeds, England.
MOVEMENT: English
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Grimshaw was self-taught as a painter. In 1858, he left his job as a clerk to pursue painting full-time.
§ He and his wife moved to a 17th century mansion in Leeds, Castle by the Sea, after three of their children died.
§ Grimshaw exhibited five paintings at the Royal Academy and one at the Grosvenor Gallery.
§ In the 1880’s, Grimshaw had a studio in London that was close to James McNeill Whistler’s studio. Whistler conceded that Grimshaw was the premiere painter of Nocturnes, moonlight scenes.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Park Row, Leeds; Shipping on the Clyde, and Liverpool from Wapping.
BORN: September 6, 1836 in Leeds, England.
DIED: October 13, 1893 in Leeds, England.
MOVEMENT: English
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Grimshaw was self-taught as a painter. In 1858, he left his job as a clerk to pursue painting full-time.
§ He and his wife moved to a 17th century mansion in Leeds, Castle by the Sea, after three of their children died.
§ Grimshaw exhibited five paintings at the Royal Academy and one at the Grosvenor Gallery.
§ In the 1880’s, Grimshaw had a studio in London that was close to James McNeill Whistler’s studio. Whistler conceded that Grimshaw was the premiere painter of Nocturnes, moonlight scenes.
NOTABLE WORKS:
Park Row, Leeds; Shipping on the Clyde, and Liverpool from Wapping.
