272. LOUIS H. GRIMSHAW (BRITISH, 1870-1944): RIVER LANDSCAPE.

with silver birch trees and rocky banks, signed lower left and dated '97, oil on panel, 27cm by 44cm, in gilt composition frame, 35cm by 51cm.

Born the son of the acclaimed painter John Atkinson Grimshaw, Louis Grimshaw was raised in Leeds. In a similar approach to his father, Louis Grimshaw was best known for his photo-realistic street scenes, beautifully lit by the moon. In fact, the two men would often collaborate on many pictures, with John painting the sky and backgrounds, and Louis painting the figures. Grimshaw’s considered use of a selective palette and accomplished handling of light allows the artist to create a sensuous and ethereal atmosphere in his works. Eventually, the unpredictable nature of life as an artist influenced Grimshaw to abandon his painting career, instead joining the Manchester Guardian as a cartographer in 1905, thus leaving behind a small but high-quality body of paintings, which do not appear on the market often. This is an unusual landscape subject for the artist.