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Lot Essay
Son of Atkinson Grimshaw (see lots 143-145), Louis H. Grimshaw inherited his father's artistic talent whilst his brother Arthur followed a musical career becoming organist at St. Anne's Cathedral, Leeds. Louis Grimshaw was the most successful of his father's followers, and assisted him towards the end of his life. After his death, Louis continued the tradition of moonlit cityscapes painting subjects from Leeds, Liverpool and Edinburgh. The present work is typical of the local subjects that preoccupied him, attracting those patrons who had been faithful to his father. The superior quality of Louis' work over the other artists who painted in the Atkinson Grimshaw style, such as Wilfred Jenkins and Harry Meegan, often makes his pictures difficult to distinguish from those by his father.
In 1906 he stopped painting so that he could pursue a career as a cartographer on the Manchester Guardian, as a result his work is now quite rare and does not appear on the market very often. A similar twilight view of Edinburgh entitled The Grass Market from the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, was sold in these rooms on 10 March 1995, lot 167.
In 1906 he stopped painting so that he could pursue a career as a cartographer on the Manchester Guardian, as a result his work is now quite rare and does not appear on the market very often. A similar twilight view of Edinburgh entitled The Grass Market from the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, was sold in these rooms on 10 March 1995, lot 167.