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Lovers in a Wood by John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1871.

#classic art #painting #john atkinson grimshaw #english artist #19th century #romanticism #landscape #nature #forest #river

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creatures in art: fairies

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By John Atkinson Grimshaw

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Spirit of the Night by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1879)

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Spirit of the Night by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1879)

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) "A Moonlit Lane" (1874) Oil on board

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, a close friend of Grimshaw, had noted: "I considered myself the inventor of nocturnes, until I saw Grimmy's moonlight pictures."

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"Lovers on a Moonlit Lane" by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)

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🃏gloomy cards🃏

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John Atkinson Grimshaw Still life with a Canton vase 1876 oil on card 34.5x 23cm( 13 9/16x 9 1/16in)

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John Atkinson Grimshaw (British-English, 1836–1893) • Silver Moonlight • 1880 • The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate

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Thro' the Wood by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893).

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Blackman Street, Borough, London by John Atkinson Grimshaw (1885, Gemälde)

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‘Iris’ (1886) by John Atkinson Grimshaw

‘Now Iris, being chief messenger unto Juno, was sent on her Autumn errand to wither ye flowers and leaves. On coming alte ye Water Lily, being enamoured by ye beauty thereof, she did hesitate… and was changed into a rainbow for her disobedience.’

This quotation from an ‘Old book’ was written on the back of the painting by the artist, John Atkinson Grimshaw, himself. A lot of people love to believe that the magical creature depicted in the painting is a fairy. But the painting the painting is a serious classical subject rather than a frivolous fairy story.

‘Iris’ is a showpiece for Grimshaw’s skills, in its glowing kaleidoscopic colour effects and rich autumnal tones, as well as the mystery and grace of the central figure. Haloed in brilliant gold, the figure curves as if in a rainbow arc, revealed through the sheerest drapery, yet modestly shielded by her arms. The model was probably Grimshaw’s young assistant, Agnes Leefe, who was to die of tuberculosis just four years after this painting. The picture captures the autumn mood, a favourite of Grimshaw’s: golden light, bare trees, soft mists, glimmering reflections, all providing mystery and scope for the imagination.

By Eveleigh Bradford, local historian in Leeds, UK

Source: https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/collections/iris-1886-by-john-atkinson-grimshaw/

In greek mythology, Iris was the goddess of the rainbow and the messenger to the Olympian gods. Her father Thaumas was a marine god and her mother Elektra a cloud nymph. For the coastal-dwelling Greeks, the rainbow’s arc was most often seen spanning the distance between clouds and the sea, so the goddess was believed to replenish the rain clouds with water from the sea. She had no mythology of her own, but was only seen as the errand-running messenger unto other gods. Some poets, including Homer, describe Iris as the rainbow itself rather than the goddess of the rainbow, but Servius the Grammarian states that the rainbow is only the road, on which Iris travels, appearing and vanishing at her command.

The etymology of the name “Iris” is a bit complex. The ancient Greek word “Iρις” means both the rainbow and the halo on the moon, but it is also believed to be derived (in accordance with the functions of Iris) from erô or eirô, meaning “the speaker or messenger”.

Also, unrelated, but this painting reminds me of a fantasia of Georg Philipp Telemann played by Jiří Stivín, which I also added. Enjoy :)

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"Stapelton Park near Pontefract". Sunderland.

By John Atkinson Grimshaw. British. 1836-189

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[lambotel]

iris, (detail of the fairy) 1886 by John Atkinson Grimshaw.

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