John Atkinson Grimshaw 1836-1893

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Description

John Atkinson Grimshaw
sun-dip, the home of the heron
dated and signed l.r.: 1893.5. / Atkinson Grimshaw; inscribed, signed and dated on the reverse: Sun-dip _ The. home. of. the. heron./ Atkinson Grimshaw./ 1893. 5.
oil on canvas

Provenance

Richard Green;
Private collection

Exhibited

Alexander Robertson, Atkinson Grimshaw, 1988, p. 111

Catalogue Note

The element of the solitary heron at the edge of sunlit tarn had first been used in 1865 for a picture titled Blea Tarn at First Light, Langdale Pikes in the Distance (private collection). The present picture demonstrates Grimshaw's close adherence to Pre-Raphaelite principles which is apparent in his early work but also permeated into the work of his more mature period.