Lewis Henry Meakin Oil Painting of Landscape with Distant Town

Item Details

Lewis Henry Meakin (Cincinnati Ohio / Massachusetts / Germany, 1850 – 1917)
Untitled (landscape with distant town)
Oil painting on canvas
Signed to lower left

An oil painting on canvas by very well-listed English-American painter Lewis Henry Meakin (1850 – 1917). The painting depicts a small town off in the distance in a vast open landscape. Small ponds break up the mid-ground while islands of trees and rows of grasses form this American landscape. The painting is signed to the lower left.

Born in England, Meakin actively worked in Ohio, Massachusetts and Germany, and is considered a figure painter, painter, landscape painter and etcher, producing a wide range of work. His initial training was at McMicken School of Design, with later training in Munich with frequent trips to picturesque spots. Upon returning to Cincinnati, he spent many years as faculty at The Art Academy. During one of his several exhibits at The Art Academy, Meakin commented on his intellectual art conception, professing that it took “an imagination to see a picture as well as to paint one.” Meakin’s own vision helped him to grasp light and color, and his personal joy is portrayed in his art. Meakin’s works are represented in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Indiana State Museum, as well as in many private collections.

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Condition

- canvas has been relined; areas of cracking throughout painting; very minor cupping to some edges of crackling; scattered areas of inpainting; light accretions to surface of painting; light wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; visible image measures 35.5" W x 23.5" H.

Item #

ITMG188818