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8.00" x 6.00"
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John Atkinson Grimshaw Painting Art Print
by Paul Meijering
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John Atkinson Grimshaw Painting art print by Paul Meijering. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Realistic acrylic portrait and painting of the English painter John Atkinson Grimshaw, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - The original... more
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Artist's Description
Realistic acrylic portrait and painting of the English painter John Atkinson Grimshaw, painted by the Dutch fine artist Paul Meijering - The original painting measures 90 x 120 cm.
Grimshaw was the son of a police officer. He received no art training and taught himself to paint from examples. In 1861, to his parents' dismay, he gave up his job as a railway official to devote himself to painting. He soon found success, especially with landscapes and still lifes, and proved capable of more than making a living.
Grimshaw initially exhibited mainly in Leeds, but from the mid-1960s he also received invitations from London and exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, among others. He achieved his greatest fame from 1870, when he also started working regularly in London, especially with his city and harbour scenes, often night scenes, always with clearly recognisable seasonal influences. He also painted portraits, interiors, works with classical Greek and Roman themes and literar...
About Paul Meijering
For almost 33 years now, Paul Meijering has been active with the paint brushes. As a 17- year old inspired youngster he joined the Academy of Arts in Enschede (Holland) in order to receive a native training in drawing- and painting technique. At that time (1980) the tendency of the abstract was running riot, and to his dismay and disappointment Paul found that the trade of the ancient masters was merely 'old hat', the realistic art being disregarded and looked down upon. After two years of useless botchery, there was only one conclusion to draw: "get autodidact, be a self-taught person!" Paul then left the academy to work for a living, but at the back of his mind there always loomed the passion of his life: to paint. At his spare time...
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Constance Lowery
excellent work. L/F
Anthony Van Gelder
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David Neace
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