John Atkinson Grimshaw

grumpytramp · Post by **grumpytramp** » Mon 18 Apr, 2011 9:19 am

Nice article in todays Guardian, promoting an exhibition of the art of John Atkinson Grimshaw accompanied by his painting of nightime on Boar Lane:http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/ ... rrogateThe exhibition is being held at Harrogate Council's Mercer Gallery See http://www.harrogate.gov.uk/Pages/harrogate-4905.aspx which has an excellent biography and some nice scans of the work. Of most interest to SL is:Boar Lane, Leeds, 1881 (oil on canvas): http://tinyurl.com/4xn6j7nLeeds Bridge, 1880 (oil on canvas): http://tinyurl.com/3oz4jewPark Row, Leeds, 1882: http://tinyurl.com/3crwxogDetails are:Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of MoonlightWhen: 16 Apr 2011 - 4 Sep 2011Where: The Mercer Art Gallery, Swan Road, Harrogate HG1 2SA Tel: 01423 556188Email: [email protected]: Tues to Sat 10 – 5, Sun 2-5, closed Mondays except Bank HolidaysAdmission: Free. Donations are invited to support the exhibition programme at the Mercer Art GalleryThere is also a book published to accompany the exhibition

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Mon 18 Apr, 2011 10:39 am

Surely Mr. Grimshaw must be one of the finest and most individualistic painters ever ?? You can practically smell the atmosphere of the scenes and feel the damp and dismal cold in the rainy subjects, and the street and shop lighting seems magically real.

Richard A Thackeray · Post by **Richard A Thackeray** » Mon 18 Apr, 2011 5:26 pm

There was also a feature in the 'magazine' section of the Yorkshire Post on Saturdayhttp://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/features/c ... _1_3279473

anthonydna · Post by **anthonydna** » Mon 18 Apr, 2011 7:08 pm

Love the subject matter, but everyone of them looks depressing to my eye. They certainly capture the atmosphere I suppose but they are all unrelentlessly miserable ! Or maybe it's just me.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 18 Apr, 2011 9:18 pm

Not all Atkinson Grimshaw's paintings were depictions of how "grim it were up 'north."This is a painting of his entitled "Ghyll Beck, Barden, Yorkshire. Early Spring."Nothing miserable about this one. I think it's beautiful.

dogduke · Post by **dogduke** » Mon 18 Apr, 2011 11:38 pm

according to Leodis he didn't spendall his time painting ![12] Woodbine Terrace, Girl with perambulator (Headingley)Black & White image 20th March 1909. Image shows four year-old (born 1905) Marjory Phillips with her dolls' perambulator. She was the daughter of Edmund Ragland Phillips (b. 1877) and Elaine (nee Grimshaw). He married Elaine, the daughter of artist, John Atkinson Grimshaw in 1899. Edmund studied law and both he and Elaine were painters. (John Atkinson Grimshaw named all his fifteen children after characters in the poems of Tennyson.) Elaine was one of four of his children who became artists. Marjory is standing im the flagged yard of number 11 Woodbine Terrace. Between 1907 and 1911 Edmund Ragland Phillips was a Councillor for the Headingley Ward.[internal reference; 2011110_171643:LEO 5256a]

BLAKEY · Post by **BLAKEY** » Tue 19 Apr, 2011 9:07 am

Si wrote: Not all Atkinson Grimshaw's paintings were depictions of how "grim it were up 'north."This is a painting of his entitled "Ghyll Beck, Barden, Yorkshire. Early Spring."Nothing miserable about this one. I think it's beautiful. I'm amazed - and delighted - Si, as I was under the impression that most of his excellent work was to convey City "atmosphere." This picture of Barden (a most beautiful area in all ways) is as you say really lovely.

oldleedsman · Post by **oldleedsman** » Tue 19 Apr, 2011 1:16 pm

He also did a number of paintings of Roundhay Parkhttp://goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com/2009/06/john-atkinson-grimshaw-moonlight-on.htmlhttp://goldenagepaintings.blogspot.com/2010/07/john-atkinson-grimshaw-roundhay-lake.htm