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John Atkinson Grimshaw

1836 - 1893

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (6 September 1836 – 13 October 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes. He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting (1999). Grimshaw's love for realism stemmed from a passion for photography, which would eventually lend itself to the creative process. Though entirely self-taught, he is known to have openly used a camera obscura or lenses to project scenes onto canvas, which made up for his shortcomings as a draughtsman and his imperfect knowledge of perspective. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Atkinson Grimshaw is the 1,281st most popular painter (down from 1,079th in 2019), the 2,709th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,030th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 1,281 out of 2,023. Before him are Johannes Lingelbach, Caesar van Everdingen, Charles Laval, Antonio Saura, Luca Carlevarijs, and Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen. After him are Pamphilus, Konrad Mägi, Joseph Duplessis, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, Ivan Marchuk, and Aloïse Corbaz.

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Among people born in 1836, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 56. Before him are Giuseppe Abbati, Edward Poynter, Nakayama Yoshiko, Juliette Adam, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, and Casimir de Candolle. After him are Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, Camillo Boito, Harry Rosenbusch, Alfred Grandidier, and Ernst von Bergmann. Among people deceased in 1893, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 47. Before him are William Fox, Nikolai Zverev, Pierre Tirard, Tivadar Puskás, Antonio Ghislanzoni, and Alphonse Beau de Rochas. After him are Franz Grashof, Anton von Schmerling, Grigor Parlichev, Concepción Arenal, Arabo, and Georgi Pulevski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 2,710 out of 8,785. Before him are George Dawe (1781), Sarah Gilbert (1962), Russell T Davies (1963), George Buchanan (1506), Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891), and Ian Bannen (1928). After him are Ford Madox Ford (1873), Simon Callow (1949), Roy Thomas Baker (1946), Joss Ackland (1928), Joe Spence (1898), and E. Nesbit (1858).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, John Atkinson Grimshaw ranks 49. Before him are Frank Dicksee (1853), Robert Peake the Elder (1551), Thomas Hill (1829), Arthur Hughes (1832), Richard Wilson (1714), and George Dawe (1781). After him are George Turner (1841), Alan Lee (1947), Allen Jones (1937), Herbert James Draper (1863), Auguste Couder (1789), and John Michael Wright (1617).

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