Grimshaw * Spirit of the Night * Custom Framed Replica Start Price USD 194.00 Current Price USD 194.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 275.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 13, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 Location Knight Custom Art & Frame See more about 'Grimshaw * Spirit of the Night * Custom Framed Replica' Description SquareTrade © AP6.0Don't be fooled by imitations these are transferred onto canvas from lithographs,  no computer copy and print, and no assembly line knockoffs. These Look beautiful Created one at a time. Spirit of the Night John Atkinson Grimshaw                                     Framed size 25" x 34" Antique Ornate Gold Frame 3 3/4"     At Knightstrokes I  have perfected the canvas transfer process.  I  begin with a fine art paper reproduction and seal the colors in acrylic. The colors are transferred from the paper onto artist grade canvas to capture the canvas texture. Artists enhance the surface with acrylic brush strokes and seal the replica for preservation. You have the opportunity to own a replica of a Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh or from any one of the hundreds of the Master Painters of the world.  Every canvas replicas is Mounted and installed into a high quality wood frame.       Shipping  paid by buyer all framed paintings shipped in a Wood framed custom Crate & Insured to guarantee 100% customer satisfaction or you money back SEE HOW I CRATE YOUR ARTWORK IN A SLIDE SHOW IT WILL HELP YOU REST EASY ON BUYING FROM ME. Knight Custom Art & Frame 8900 SW Burnham E-27 Tigard Oregon 97223  503-670-9837   John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836 - 1893 John Atkinson Grimshaw was a Leeds painter of landscapes, town views and dockyards, especially at sunset or by moonlight. Born the son of an ex-policeman, Grimshaw first began painting while working as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway. He encountered bitter opposition from his parents, but after his marriage in 1858 to Theodosia Hobbarde, a cousin of T.S. Cooper, he was able to devote himself to painting.   By 1870, he was successful enough to rent Knostrop Old Hall, a 17th century mansion near Temple Newsam, which features in many of his pictures. Later in the 70s, he built a house near Scarborough, and in the 80s rented a studio in Chelsea. Grimshaw painted mostly for private patrons, and exhibited only 5 works at the Royal Academy between 1874 and 1886, and one at the Grosvenor Gallery. The towns and docks that he painted most frequently were Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds's, Scarborough, Whitby and London. Grimshaw's style and subject matter changed little during his career; he strove constantly to perfect his own very individual vision. He was interested in photography, and sometimes used a camera obscure to project outlines on to canvas, enabling him to repeat compositions several times. He also mixed sand and other ingredients with his paint to get the effects he wanted. Although he established no school, Grimshaw's pictures were forged and imitated in his lifetime, notably by Wilfred Jenkins and H. Meegan. Although his moonlit town views are his most popular works, he also painted landscapes, portraits, interiors, fairy pictures and neo-classical subjects. During his early period he signed "J.A. Grimshaw" but c.1867 dropped the John, and signed himself Atkinson Grimshaw. He usually signed his pictures on the front and the reverse, inscribed with the title. Two of his sons, Arthur and Louis, were also painters.   Place a Bid!