John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 -1893) | Victorian Artist | ArtLiveAndBeauty

Paintings of Artist John Atkinson Grimshaw

Self-taught artist, Grimshaw was captivated by the works of Pre-Raphaelite artists and, imitating them, began to carefully write out every detail in his paintings, carefully choosing color and lighting.

Originally in the 1860s, his most popular works are city streets bathed in the pale moonlight. Atkinson Grimshaw painted not only landscapes, but also portraits, interiors, fabulous paintings and neoclassical subjects. Grimshaw painted only still lifes, mostly vases of flowers, but later moved on to landscapes. He was especially attracted by sea distances, docks, ships in the roads. This was facilitated by the fact that in 1870 he and his wife settled in the city of Scarborough on the coast of England.

Throughout his life, the artist exhibited only five of his works at the Royal Academy of Painting, and one work at the Grosvenor Gallery. Most of his works were sold to the collections of patrons directly from the artist's studio.

Along with painting, Grimshaw was fond of photography and often used a camera obscura to project the contours of the landscape he liked onto an oil canvas, which made it possible to copy his own paintings several times.