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Interesting Things with JC

Interesting Things with JC

1812: "John Atkinson Grimshaw"

· 3 min · Episode 1812

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Interesting Things with JC #1812: "John Atkinson Grimshaw" – His parents reportedly threw his paints into the fire, but John Atkinson Grimshaw abandoned his railway job to become an artist. He later painted Victorian streets with such remarkable realism that some of his works used actual photographs beneath the paint.

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