Lewis Henry Meakin American Landscape Oil Painting

Item Details

Lewis Henry Meakin (Ohio/Massachusetts/Germany; 1850 – 1917)
Untitled (landscape), late 19th century
Oil on canvas
Signed to lower left

A late 19th century oil painting on canvas by well-listed British-American plein-air painter Lewis Henry Meakin (Ohio/Massachusetts/Germany; 1850 – 1917). This painting depicts an American western landscape in which large geological formations rise above a large lake lined with trees. Artist signature is signed to the lower left. This work is mounted in a beveled wood frame with a distressed finish.

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.

Condition

- light discoloration to pigments. Craquelure across painting surface. Wear to frame. Blacklight reveals small spots of inpainting across, and a larger area of inpainting to lower right margin.

Dimensions

- visible image area measures 29.5" W x 19.5" H.

Item #

18CIN698-036