Thursday, April 22, 2010

Ice cream on Hampstead Heath




1892

Airships




[Santos-Dumont rounding the Eiffel Tower while in the process of winning the Deutsch prize on October 19, 1901. Taken from the archives of the Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship

Arthur Grimshaw - Out with the Ebbing Tide




signed and dated 'Arthur E.Grimshaw.1893.' (lower right) and further signed and inscribed 'Out with the Ebbing Tide/Arthur E.Grimshaw' (on an old label attached to the reverse)
oil on board
7 7/8 x 13¾ in.
Price Realized £4,560

Son of John Atkinson Grimshaw, Arthur trained as a musician and was organist and choirmaster of St Anne's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Leeds from 1883. Later in the decade he composed various songs, part-songs and melodies for string orchestra.


http://www.grimshaworigin.org/WebPages/ArthGrim.htm

http://www.artnet.com/artist/688317/arthur-e-grimshaw.html

John Atkinson Grimshaw - The Chill of Autumn



signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw 1881' (lower left)
oil on board
14 x 18 in.
Price Realized £78,000

John Atkinson Grimshaw - Bonchurch, The Isle of Wight




signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw 1880+' (lower right)
oil on card
12¼ x 18 in.
Price Realized £209,600
http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4826924&sid=069e7a5c-1b80-4e19-a40a-23175dcc26a3

John Atkinson Grimshaw - Poachers

Victorian & Traditionalist Pictures
Christie's
22 November 2006




signed and dated 'Atkinson Grimshaw 1871+' (lower right)
oil on card laid down on panel
19¾ x 26¾ in.
Price Realized £84,000

http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_details.aspx?from=salesummary&intObjectID=4826923&sid=069e7a5c-1b80-4e19-a40a-23175dcc26a3

Wednesday, April 21, 2010