![John Atkinson Grimshaw - In the Artist’s House [1878]](http://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5250/29853606561_bd94675277_b.jpg)
In the Artist’s House was painted in 1878 in a colour-scheme of jade, rose, gold and kingfisher-blue emphasised by the dark flooring and wall panelling, which echoes the hues of the kimono draped casually over the sofa and embroidered with scenes of Japanese women. It was painted when Grimshaw was also working upon Dulce Domum begun in 1876 and completed in 1885. In both paintings he probably painted his wife Frances Theodosia Grimshaw (known as Fanny) wearing a beautiful silk gown with a pleated front. This interest in depicting contemporary female fashion was the result of the influence of the paintings of the French artist James Tissot who Grimshaw almost certainly did not know personally but whose work he had clearly seen in various exhibitions and printed reproductions.
[Sotheby’s, London - Oil on canvas, 83 x 128 cm]