In the 20th century, the electrically lit city painted by Georgia O’Keefe, Edward Hopper, and Joseph Stella became a standout feature of modern art, as unmissable as a neon sign.

A painting by one of the city’s most celebrated artists will be going on display at Leeds Art Gallery next week. Much-loved Leeds artist John Atkinson Grimshaw’s atmospheric Reflections on the Aire- ...

But now three of Leeds painter John Atkinson Grimshaw’s oil paintings are set to sell at auction for almost half a million pounds. It is a turn around in fortunes in the story of the artist, who left ...

A moonlight masterpiece by one of Leeds' most celebrated artists has been brought back to the city after it was acquired from a private collection. Painted by John Atkinson Grimshaw, Reflections on ...

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: John Atkinson ...

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893), a distinguished British painter, was born on September 6, 1836, in Leeds, England, to Mary and David Grimshaw, a retired policeman. Raised in a modest back-to-back ...

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.

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 ...