Lot 35: Louis H. Grimshaw (1870-1943)

Greenwich signed and dated 'Louis H. Grimshaw 1897' (lower left) oil on panel 101/2 x 181/2 in. (26.7 x 47 cm.) PROVENANCE with Richard Green, London. NOTES Grimshaw portrays Greenwich at the point when evening subsides into night, and an eerie stillness envelopes the moonlit Thames. The distinctive towers of the Royal Naval Hospital can be seen to the left. The son of John Atkinson Grimshaw, Louis's work testifies to the influence of his father. The two had collaborated during the elder's latter years; John executing scenic backgrounds and Louis the figures. Many of Louis's paintings depict London; often commissioned direct by the art dealer Jackson, they include a series commemorating Edward VII's coronation. His output abated after 1905, when he became a cartographer for The Manchester Guardian, perhaps to surmount those debts incurred by his father. His work is comparatively rare as a result.