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John Atkinson Grimshaw (British, 1836-1893)
Estimate:
€80,000 - €120,000
Passed
Live Auction
Important Irish Art
Size
10 by 19in. (25.4 by 48.3cm)
Description
Title: SCARBOROUGH HARBOUR
Note: John Atkinson Grimshaw was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999). He was born on 6 September 1836 in a back-to-back house in Park Street, Leeds. In 1856 he married his cousin Frances Hubbard. In 1861, at the age of24, to the dismay of his parents, he left his job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to become a painter.. He first exhibited in 1862, mostly paintings of birds, fruit, and blossom, under the patronage of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. He and his wife moved in 1866 to asemi-detached villa, which is now numbered 56 Cliff Road in Headingley and has a Leeds Civic Trust blue plaque, and in 1870 to Knostrop Old Hall. He became successful in the 1870s and rented a second home, Castle-by-the-Sea in Scarborough. Scarborough became a favourite subject.
Frame dimensions: 13 by 22in. (33 by 55.9cm)
Note: John Atkinson Grimshaw was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999). He was born on 6 September 1836 in a back-to-back house in Park Street, Leeds. In 1856 he married his cousin Frances Hubbard. In 1861, at the age of24, to the dismay of his parents, he left his job as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway to become a painter.. He first exhibited in 1862, mostly paintings of birds, fruit, and blossom, under the patronage of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. He and his wife moved in 1866 to asemi-detached villa, which is now numbered 56 Cliff Road in Headingley and has a Leeds Civic Trust blue plaque, and in 1870 to Knostrop Old Hall. He became successful in the 1870s and rented a second home, Castle-by-the-Sea in Scarborough. Scarborough became a favourite subject.
Frame dimensions: 13 by 22in. (33 by 55.9cm)
Condition
There are no signs of cracking or flaking of the paint. The panel is stable. There are some very slight markings visible near the lower edge and left edge. Otherwise the work appears in very good condition. There is slight bubbling visible at the top right corner which is most likely a buildup of excess varnish. The slight circular indentation near the right edge would appear to be caused by a knot in the wood.
Medium
oil on card laid on panel
Provenance
Alexander Galleries, London, 1977;Private collection
Exhibited
Alexander Galleries, London, 1976
