John Atkinson Grimshaw was an inspired painter of gas-lit urban scenes and pastorals. His rendering of the heroine of Tennyson’s poem, a favorite subject of many Victoria artists, is a hauntingly beautiful yet tragic canvas of earth tones and excruciating detail, suffused with soft light, delicate brush strokes, and hints of pre-Christian magic.
The Lady of Shalott, after John Atkinson GrimshawJohn Atkinson Grimshaw British (1836 - 1893) |
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John Atkinson Grimshaw was an inspired painter of gas-lit urban scenes and pastorals. His rendering of the heroine of Tennyson’s poem, a favorite subject of many Victoria artists, is a hauntingly beautiful yet tragic canvas of earth tones and excruciating detail, suffused with soft light, delicate brush strokes, and hints of pre-Christian magic. |
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