Silver Moonlight #1 is a painting by John Atkinson Grimshaw which was uploaded on May 28th, 2022.
Silver Moonlight #1
Silver Moonlight by John Atkinson Grimshaw
John Atkinson Grimshaw (b Leeds, 6 Sept. 1836; d Leeds, 31 Oct. 1893). English painter. He... more
Title
Silver Moonlight #1
Artist
John Atkinson Grimshaw
Medium
Painting
Description
Silver Moonlight by John Atkinson Grimshaw
John Atkinson Grimshaw (b Leeds, 6 Sept. 1836; d Leeds, 31 Oct. 1893). English painter. He specialized in a distinctive type of nocturnal townscape, usually featuring gaslights and wet streets, and Whistler said of him, ‘I considered myself the inventor of Nocturnes until I saw Grimmy's moonlit pictures.’ Grimshaw's paintings, however, unlike Whistler's, are sharp in focus and rather acidic in colouring, although often remarkably atmospheric. They were very popular (in spite of the fact that he rarely exhibited at the Royal Academy) and he was much imitated, not least by two of his sons, Arthur (1864–1913) and Louis (1870–1944?). Their father worked in his native Leeds and in other northern towns, as well as in London.
Uploaded
May 28th, 2022