Louis Atkinson Grimshaw, Wakefield, Upper Westgate, 1896 past exhibition Materials: OakDimensions: 19 x 14

Materials: OakDimensions: 19 x 14 cm

He was co-curator (with Irene Aristizábal) of British Art Show 9 (2021–2022)

he used a technique of layering white wax crayon with watercolour

Han Sai Por

Ceri Richards

Louis Atkinson Grimshaw, Wakefield, Upper Westgate, 1896 past exhibition Materials: OakDimensions: 19 x 14Louis Hubbard Grimshaw was John Atkinson Grimshaw's son. Several of John Atkinson Grimshaws children became painters and, like his father, Louis specialised in nostalgic, beautifully lit evening scenes. In this view of Upper Westgate in Wakefield, the cathedral rising in the background, he conveys a wet autumn evening with luminous shop windows, gas lamps, late shoppers and streets that glisten with recent rain. In 1981, the painting was put on