Lot 43: Arthur Grimshaw (1868-1913)

Dockside scene
signed 'Arthur E. Grimshaw. 1895' (lower left)
oil on canvas
11 1/4 x 18 in. (28.3 x 45.7 cm.)

Son of the artist John Atkinson Grimshaw, Arthur was influenced by his father's style and choice of subject matter. His paintings focus on the streets and dockland areas of Northern cities and towns: Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds and Scarborough. He was most active between 1890-1900. Unlike his father, he is not known to have exhibited at the Royal Academy.

Prior to his forays into painting, Arthur Grimshaw had directed his interests towards other artistic fields. Trained as a musician, he was organist and choirmaster of St. Anne's Roman Catholic Cathedral, Leeds, from 1883. Active in this field, he composed not only a setting for Psalm 141 and other Church music, but two operettas, El Escribano and Amaranthus, in 1891 and 1892 respectively. Later in the decade he composed various songs, part-songs and melodies for string orchestra.

We are grateful to Alex Robertson for his help in preparing this catalogue entry.

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