tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post5426487947015156341..comments2024-03-29T00:33:16.988-07:00Comments on The Victorianist: “I Considered Myself the Inventor of Nocturnes Until I saw Grimmy's Moonlit Pictures.” Or: The Twilight Genius of John Atkinson Grimshaw:The Amateur Casualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-7406273186536733202015-06-24T07:33:06.495-07:002015-06-24T07:33:06.495-07:00Just wanted to point out that Knostrop Old Hall wa...Just wanted to point out that Knostrop Old Hall was in Leeds, near Temple Newsam, and Castle-by-the-Sea was in Scarborough - they were different houses! Knostrop was Grimshaw family's home and the Scarborough house was rented some years over summer months.<br />Pictures of Knostrop (sadly demolished 1960) on Leodis website - <br />http://www.leodis.net/searchResults.aspx?LOCID=9999&DECADE=0&YEAR=&KEYWORDS=Knostrop%20Old%20Hall&KEYWORDS2=&KEYWORDS3=&ANDOR2=&ANDOR3=&RECSPAGE=5&VIEW=1&CURRPAGE=1<br />See also - http://my-yorkshire.co.uk/people/john-atkinson-grimshaw.html<br />Thanks.<br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02374052613352438458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-43314801798594037442012-03-27T11:34:03.880-07:002012-03-27T11:34:03.880-07:00i felt in love thanks to this one
http://a7.sphoto...i felt in love thanks to this one<br />http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/419426_172650319516528_100003146829638_251689_1908708607_n.jpgrawsekkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666762998692810694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-71338437534765709332011-05-18T02:37:25.431-07:002011-05-18T02:37:25.431-07:00I'd never actually read about him before, what...I'd never actually read about him before, what a fellow!The Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-82547968131033225922011-05-17T12:44:31.779-07:002011-05-17T12:44:31.779-07:00Fred Burnaby now there's a Victorian
http://gr...Fred Burnaby now there's a Victorian<br />http://greatbritishnutters.blogspot.com/2008/01/frederick-burnaby-bravest-man-in_23.htmlCleanurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136816720634956691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-92021296753524890532011-05-17T09:56:14.605-07:002011-05-17T09:56:14.605-07:00Indeed, of Tissot's work, my favourite is prob...Indeed, of Tissot's work, my favourite is probably "Captain Frederick Gustavus Burnaby", simply because he looks such a cad!<br /><br />Thanks for the link!The Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-37107805111209009682011-05-17T08:07:30.051-07:002011-05-17T08:07:30.051-07:00Many of the places in Grimshaw's paintings of ...Many of the places in Grimshaw's paintings of Leeds are still recognizable today, He's one of the graetes Victorian photo realistic artists, alongside James Tissot.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_TissotCleanurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09136816720634956691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-7678738559365291182011-05-16T02:09:24.663-07:002011-05-16T02:09:24.663-07:00I think the beach scene speaks of an artist in a d...I think the beach scene speaks of an artist in a different mind-set than the one in which he found himself whilst painting nocturnes.<br /><br />Perhaps he had overcome his financial ruin and was happier than he previously was? Or, perhaps he just wished for a change, having become tired of painting night scenes. <br /><br />It's a shame he died so (relatively) young, it would have been nice to see what kind of progress he made with his new style.The Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-60626872190350935242011-05-15T05:13:26.503-07:002011-05-15T05:13:26.503-07:00I love Grimshaw but didn't know the Summer Fan...I love Grimshaw but didn't know the Summer Fantasy painting before - I'm glad you added it with the London pictures as for me it's a fascinating juxtaposition of the rich, heavy artificial light of London streets and the dull open sky over the seascape - the potential towards poison of the city but the chill absences of the country. All sublime though.Elizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05485380293769062388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-6125684975569876742011-05-15T03:00:34.392-07:002011-05-15T03:00:34.392-07:00I'll have to search for that edition of 'T...I'll have to search for that edition of 'The Woman in White' and see which painting it is! <br /><br />It's not hard to see why Grimshaw's work appears on or in so much work of the period, much of it is the epitome of our mental image of the drear and cool Victorian city.The Amateur Casualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553683833137054780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-91450753687556795412011-05-14T11:46:26.340-07:002011-05-14T11:46:26.340-07:00Oh, would you know, I've just checked my copy ...Oh, would you know, I've just checked my copy of The Woman in White and the cover I've been admiring for the past year is Grimshaw - thanks for drawing my attention to that. I feel like a dolt now!CharmedLassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408541277096433664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-60360795575066469762011-05-14T10:10:06.766-07:002011-05-14T10:10:06.766-07:00i love Grimshaw - I first came across his work aft...i love Grimshaw - I first came across his work after buying a copy of Collin's Woman in White which had a Grimshaw painting on the cover. Leeds Art Gallery has a good collection of his work which I visited a couple of years back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-49799144804057011952011-05-14T08:57:49.916-07:002011-05-14T08:57:49.916-07:00Nightfall on the Thames is beautiful!Nightfall on the Thames is beautiful!http://victorianfiction.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791893924217558449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2651641356618861735.post-56987385733050627762011-05-14T03:40:22.198-07:002011-05-14T03:40:22.198-07:00I've never heard of him but those paintings ar...I've never heard of him but those paintings are captivating. Will have to do more investigation!CharmedLassiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08408541277096433664noreply@blogger.com