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4 unusual facts about John Atkinson Grimshaw


John Atkinson

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893), British painter usually known as Atkinson Grimshaw

Knowsthorpe

Atkinson Grimshaw painted Knostrop Cut, Leeds, Sunday Night, 1893.

Leeds Art Collections Fund

The works bought by the LACF for display in Leeds are too numerous to mention in full, but they include works by such well-known names as Thomas Chippendale, J.M.W. Turner, John Sell Cotman, John Atkinson Grimshaw, Stass Paraskos, Francis Bacon, Paula Rego, Bridget Riley, Henry Moore and Auguste Rodin.

Woodhouse Cemetery

Other notable people who were buried in the cemetery include Leeds artist Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) and Victoria Cross holder Charles Hull (1890-1953).



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