Lot 308: ARTHUR GRIMSHAW 1868-1913

signed and dated l.r.: Arthur E Grimshaw 1895

oil on canvas

28 1/2 by 47 cm., 11 1/4 by 18 1/2 in.

London, Christie's, 23 November 1983, lot 124

John Atkinson Grimshaw named his five children after characters from Tennyson's Idylls of the King, Enid, Gertrude, Elaine, Lancelot and Arthur. Arthur Grimshaw was born in 1868 and like his father, he painted moonlit scenes of deserted streets and docks. Little is known about Arthur's life and it is likely that he only painted for a short time between 1890 and 1900 when he gave up painting to concentrate on a career as a musician, as the organist at the Roman Catholic Church in Leeds. The docks in Hull were also painted by Arthur's father.