John Atkinson Grimshaw

John Atkinson Grimshaw ( born September 6, 1836 in Leeds, England, † October 31, 1893 in Leeds ) was an English painter.

Life and work

John Atkinson Grimshaw was the son of a policeman. He received no formal art training, but taught himself by means of examples. In 1861 he gave up his job as a railroad worker and devoted himself entirely to painting, to the dismay of his parents, who deeply disapproved of his artistic ambitions. Grimshaw's first works were still life of dead birds, flowers and fruit in the style of William Henry Hunt. Among his first clients included members of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. With increasing recognition as a painter in his hometown of Grimshaw moved in 1865 with his wife Fanny in a more genteel district around.

From 1862 he began to exhibit his works in London, and showed five paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts. By the time he developed his own style, which was reflected in his hazy city and harbor views for twilight and moonlight and autumn scenes. In addition, he also painted portraits, interiors and Feenbilder. His commercial success enabled Grimshaw 1870, to settle in the Knostrop Old Hall, a villa on the outskirts of Leeds. Mid-1880s, he had a studio in London for a short time. His wife gave birth to fifteen children, six of whom reached adulthood. Two sons, Arthur and Louis, were also painters. Grimshaw died in 1893 from cancer. His early paintings are marked with " J. A. Grimshaw " signed, from about 1867 only with " Atkinson Grimshaw. "

Shipping on the Clyde (1881 )

Boar Lane, Leeds (1881 )

Blackman Street, London ( 1885)

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