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A creative person John Atkinson Grimshaw was the Victorian-era painter, born within Leeds, England, living from either 1836 to 1893. At a age of twenty-two dozen, to the dismay of his parents, he departed from either his number one job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to pursue a career inside art. Grimshaw's primary influence was a Pre-Raphaelites. True to the Pre-Raphaelite style, he put forth landscapes of exact color & lighting, & intense detail. He would typically paint landscapes that typified seasons, or even that typified the rather atmospheric condition. By using his skill around lighting results, & unco careful attention to detail, he was typically capable of elaborately describing the scene, when strongly conveying its mood. In Hampstead Hill is considered one of Grimshaw's finest, exemplifying his skill with a kind of light, inside capturing a mood of the passing of twilight into the onset of nighttime. Dulce Donum (1855), in whose reverse Grimshaw wrote, 'mostly painted under nifty difficulties,' captures a music portrayed in a pianist, entices a eye to meander through the richly adorned room, & to assume the however & silent young lady world health organization is meanwhile listening.
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John Atkinson Grimshaw Brief biography of the Leeds born Victorian artist. From Spartacus Educational. John Atkinson Grimshaw The Art Renewal Center's image and biographical information on the 19th century British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw. Illustrated works include: Knostrop Hall, Early Morning, London Bridge - Half Tide, Stapleton Park near Pontefract, Day Dreams, and Endymion on Mount Latmus. John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) Brief biography of John Atkinson Grimshaw, from ArtMagick. |
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