Live Auction 1128Important Victorian & British Impressionist Art
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Lot 56

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)

Near Hackness, a moonlit scene with pine trees

Closed11 July 2013

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GBP 91,875

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Near Hackness, a moonlit scene with pine trees
signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw/1875+' (lower right)
oil on card laid down on panel
21¾ x 17 3/8 in. (55.5 x 44.3 cm.)

Mrs M. Monteath; Christie's, London, 11 July 1969, lot 97.
with Richard Green, London, from whom purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Grimshaw moved to the spa town of Scarborough in the second half of the 1870s in search of sea air and an antidote to the growing metropolis of Leeds. He rented the romantically named 'Castle by the Sea' from Thomas Jarvis, a patron and local brewer, and arranged to pay his rent by supplying pictures at 10 guineas each. The artist kept a coach and pair, and Hackness, which lies only three miles inland, was easily accessible from Scarborough, as were the Forge Valley and Scalby, other popular settings for his pictures at this time.