John Atkinson Grimshaw
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John Atkinson Grimshaw #4,033Established

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personEnglish, 1836–1893lock_openPublic domain: US, EU, UK, CA, MX, CO · 94% confidenceplay_circleStream Art
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Selected Works183

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
Lane Scene at Night
Lane Scene at Night, 1872
Acquired 2024
Oil on paperboard
Yale University Art Gallery
Windermere
Windermere
In museum collection

Previous Sales

Sotheby's
My Wee White Rose
My Wee White Rose, 1882
Sold
Feb 2026
Sotheby's
Moon, gas and starlight, Whitby
Moon, gas and starlight, Whitby
Sold
Dec 2025
Sotheby's
Clydeside, Glasgow
Clydeside, Glasgow
$173,346
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
Moon, gas and starlight, Whitby
Moon, gas and starlight, Whitby, 1877
Sold
Jul 2025
Sotheby's
Lights in Whitby Harbour
Lights in Whitby Harbour
$152,958
Jul 2024
Sotheby's
Scarborough South Bay by Moonlight
Scarborough South Bay by Moonlight
Sold
Jul 2024
Christie's
An October Afterglow
An October Afterglow
£176,400 ($233k USD)
Jun 2024
Christie's
London Bridge
London Bridge
£88,200 ($116k USD)
Jun 2024
Bonhams
Glasgow Docks
Glasgow Docks, 1880
$203,700
Dec 2023
Christie's
Old Chelsea
Old Chelsea
£88,200 ($116k USD)
Dec 2023
Bonhams
A moonlit lane, Roundhay
A moonlit lane, Roundhay
$111,755
Sep 2023
Christie's
A moonlit landscape
A moonlit landscape
£81,900 ($108k USD)
Jul 2023
Sotheby's
A moated Yorkshire home
A moated Yorkshire home
Sold
Jul 2023
Christie's
A lane near Chester
A lane near Chester, 1836
$77,595
May 2023
Christie's
Corner of the Old Road, Claughton, near Scarborough
Corner of the Old Road, Claughton, near Scarborough, 1836
$49,661
May 2023
Christie's
Glasgow docks, at twilight
Glasgow docks, at twilight, 1836
Sold
May 2023
Bonhams
Forge Valley by Moonlight
Forge Valley by Moonlight, 1875
$78,052
Mar 2023
Christie's
Day Dreams
Day Dreams
$69,300
Jan 2023
Sotheby's
Under the Harvest Moon
Under the Harvest Moon
£38,000 ($50k USD)
Dec 2022
Christie's
On the Clyde, Glasgow
On the Clyde, Glasgow
£56,700 ($75k USD)
Dec 2022
Christie's
Midsummer Night or Iris
Midsummer Night or Iris, 1876
$680,400
Oct 2022
Christie's
Beechwood
Beechwood, 1867
Sold
Jul 2022
Christie's
Lovers in a wood
Lovers in a wood, 1871
Sold
Jul 2022
Christie's
An extensive meadow landscape with geese by a stream
An extensive meadow landscape with geese by a stream, 1892
Sold
Jul 2022
Sotheby's
At the Park Gate
At the Park Gate
$225,211
Jul 2022

For Sale

M.S. Rau · Artsy
Autumn Garden Walk
Autumn Garden Walk, 1815
US$445,000
Oil on Canvas
M.S. Rau · Artsy
Whitby
Whitby
Sold
Oil on canvas
M.S. Rau · Artsy
Woodland near Leeds
Woodland near Leeds , 1869
Sold
Oil on canvas
M.S. Rau · Artsy
A Figure in the Moonlight
A Figure in the Moonlight, 1875
Sold
Oil on board
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Other Museum Acquisitions3

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Lane Scene at Night
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2024 · Accession 2024.123 · Oil on paperboard
The Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Endowment Fund; purchased with funds provided by Frances and Edward Blair; European Painting and Sculpture Purchase Fund
Study of Reflections on the Thames
Williams College Museum of Art · Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States · Acquired 1980 · Accession 80.12 · oil on composition board
Bequest of Charles C. Cunningham
Windermere
Yale University Art Gallery · New Haven, Connecticut, United States · Acquired Collection · Paintings
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Publications1

Catalogue Raisonné 1

CryptoPunks: Free to Claim
Phaidon Press · 2024
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions1

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#6,526 42 New Briggate Gallery

'Don't Let's Ask For the Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw

John Atkinson Grimshaw

The Headrow, Leeds LS1 3AA, UK

Nov 14, 2025 — Feb 12, 2026

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Recent Activity7

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Lower galleries
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'Don't Let's Ask For the Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw
Nov 14, 2025
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'Don't Let's Ask For the Moon...': Nocturnes and Atkinson Grimshaw
Nov 14, 2025
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We Bathe in Starlight
Nov 14, 2025
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Pyramid view on… John Atkinson Grimshaw
Nov 14, 2025
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death
John Atkinson Grimshaw dies
Jan 1, 1893
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birth
John Atkinson Grimshaw born
Jan 1, 1836