It is full of clandestine possibilities, of excitement and enticement, of mystique and even danger. Victorian painter John Atkinson Grimshaw’s nocturnal works perfectly encapsulate the beauty and ...

John Atkinson Grimshaw was a British painter best known for his poetic nocturnal landscapes that showcased both urban and rural Victorian-era Britain. Grimshaw was influenced as a young artist by the ...

Today his oil paintings fetch up to £500,000 but a new exhibition reveals how Victorian master John Atkinson Grimshaw's artistic ambitions left him destitute. In his early twenties and with no ...

John Atkinson Grimshaw upset fellow artists by working from photographs, but he’s stirring for all that, says Richard Dorment. Reflections on the Thames, Westminster, 1880 Credit: Photo ...

Much-loved Leeds artist John Atkinson Grimshaw’s atmospheric Reflections on the Aire- on strike became part of the gallery’s collection earlier this year through the agency of the Leeds Arts ...

Credit: John Atkinson Grimshaw, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Bridgeman Art Library The exhibition includes more than 60 paintings, from his earliest Pre-Raphaelite-inspired landscapes to the ...

In the world of Atkinson Grimshaw it is always autumn or winter, always evening, and the rain has just passed through. By Michael Prodger In the world of Atkinson Grimshaw it is always autumn or ...

Reflections on the Aire - on strike was painted by Leeds-born John Atkinson Grimshaw in 1879 and is a rare example of one of his signature ‘moonlit’ scenes combined with a social message.

Painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw, Reflections on the Aire - on strike depicts a solitary female figure gazing over the Rive Aire towards Hunslet. Created in 1879, it is considered a rare example ...

John Atkinson Grimshaw was a Victorian artist who became famous for his sombre views of the dockyards and his nocturnal scenes of urban lanes with leafless trees silhouetted against the moonlight sky.