Grimshaw

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836 – 1893) was an English Victorian-era artist now best-known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes.

Today, he is considered one of the greatest painters of the Victorian era, as well as one of the best and most accomplished nightscape, and townscape, artists of all time. He was called a "remarkable and imaginative painter" by the critic and historian Christopher Wood in Victorian Painting.

Some contemporaries recognised his mastery of lighting and technique and stated Grimmy’s moonlit pictures like the inventor of nocturnes.

His early paintings were signed "JAG", "J. A. Grimshaw", or "John Atkinson Grimshaw", though he finally settled on "Atkinson Grimshaw".

Periods: Romanticism, Symbolism, Impressionism.