Atkinson Grimshaw

By: Alexander Robertson

Published August 29th 1996 by Phaidon Press (first published January 15th 1990)

Category: Arts

Pages: 128 pages

ISBN: 9780714835754

Description:
Atkinson Grimshaw's early landscapes were influenced by the pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's ideals of painstaking detail, but he later developed a distinctive kind of industrial landscape, lit by moonlight, gaslight, or both. These urban scenes were very popular with the public, particulary in the north of England where he did so much of his work, but less so with the offical art world.

Contents:
The Leeds background;
Early years;
Knostrop old hall;
Painter of moonlight;
"No marks of handling"
Grimshaw's methods and technique.