Sunday, October 24, 2010

John Atkinson Grimshaw

Salthouse Docks-Liverpool, John Atkinson Grimshaw, oil on canvas, 12 x 18 in, 1865

Fun Facts: Grimshaw's had a fascination with dockside paintings and would use then as a recurring subject for classic paintings like "Glasgow- Saturday Night" and "Chelsea".  He would also saturate a color to depict mode such as a foggy green or burnt sienna overlap.

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