Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight

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13 жыл бұрын

A short film looking at the private life and artwork of Leeds-born John Atkinson Grimshaw, who was renowned for his evocative paintings of Victorian city streets illuminated by moonlight.
Interviews with Grimshaw's great-granddaughter April Marsden, biographer Alex Robertson, curator Jane Sellars and contemporary photographer Liza Dracup unpick the story of the man, exploring his tragic family life as well as what inspired him as an artist.
The film has been made on the occasion of Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight at Mercer Art Gallery in Harrogate, 16 April -- 4 September 2011, which is part of Art in Yorkshire -- supported by Tate.
For more information about Art in Yorkshire visit art.yorkshire.com or download the iPhone App from the Apple App Store (available May 2011).
This film was commissioned by Axis on behalf of Art in Yorkshire -- supported by Tate.
Produced by Kaptur
Commissioned and co-produced by Lucy Bannister
Research by Jane Sellars
Voice of Elaine Phillips by Janice Tomkies
"Atkinson Grimshaw: Painter of Moonlight" is shared via a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
© Art in Yorkshire - supported by Tate & Axis, 2011

Пікірлер: 25

@MrSomebodyyy Жыл бұрын

His works are so hauting yet melancholic. Doesn't even feels like our world, but like a dream, a fantasy world. I love it

@madolynesaleigh8328 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite artist ever!!!!!🎨

@ElisandeWalters Жыл бұрын

I adore his work, but one thing I realized by accident. I have a print of two of his paintings, but due to the context they are close to candle light.. and THAT brings their effect out SO MUCH MORE. which makes sense, given that he was not necessarily working in electrical light, nor would his pieces originally be displayed by that form of light... It is so very lovely, and more "stark" if you will? it is a very distinct effect

@ladymidnight80 5 жыл бұрын

One of my favourite painter

@luispinto8600 Жыл бұрын

Soy Luis de Argentina.por fabor podrían sub titular el video , admiro mucho las obras de este artista, es excelente en todo su trabajo. Desde ya gracias un abrazo che

@indihawk55 11 жыл бұрын

stunning painting

@greatsea 8 жыл бұрын

my favorite by him are his dusk scenes with the hazy ambers and browns and yellows and reds. I do like his hard moonlight scenes but the late afternoon scenes are what make him for me probably (i think at this point) my favorite painter.

@antoniavignera2339 3 жыл бұрын

Very good...

@vane8062 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite painter

@LetsSeeTheTruth 12 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@autobahn2501 10 жыл бұрын

Very nice. I like it.

@Mike-dk7wj 6 ай бұрын

Such magnificent paintings. He would be far more famous had he framed a blank canvas and called it perhaps the Human Condition. Would have walked away with the Turner Prize and be regarded a genius by the Tate Modern and its ilk for sure.

@sdorr 9 жыл бұрын

The Chopin track for this beautiful short is not unpleasant...esp. since it sounds like Mr Rubinstein.

@lolstrass 7 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@user-kq5qp6dh8l 5 жыл бұрын

miller's auction found a painting in an attic of Grimshaws..hammered down for 27 grand

@barbaragawe170 11 жыл бұрын

niesamowite obrazy

@kellihenderson7794 7 жыл бұрын

I have (48) of his pieces throughout my home, grouped mostly according to color scheme. Sixteen children and (10) died? What? And what of Agnes Leefe? The unspoken implication here is that she was more than his model...his mistress?

@jamsward1966 7 жыл бұрын

kelli henderson it looks as though she was. I recently bought my first Atkinson-Grimshaw, I love it. I love the way he uses colour, its rather nostalgic

@kellihenderson7794 7 жыл бұрын

I tell people who see and ask about them, "I wish I were there...I wish I were then."

@jamsward1966 7 жыл бұрын

kelli henderson totally agree with you, I can see a little Turner in his work too. Can't get enough of him

@user-kq5qp6dh8l 5 жыл бұрын

kelli henderson ER. 48..original Grimshaws,. kidding me right!

@ChuckPalomo 9 жыл бұрын

What's the one at 4:16 called?

@lolstrass 7 жыл бұрын

Nocturne op.9 no in B flat minor. By the amazing Chopin!!! one of my favorite piece of him!!! (sorry for my bad english i'm French and only sixteen :$ )

@ChuckPalomo 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate.