Walter L. Meegan. "The Esk" & "Whitby Harbour" Pair Oil Marines.

1900 - 1920

Sold by William Greenwood Fine Art

Description

Title: "Low Tide on the Esk" and "Whitby Harbour". A pair of marine paintings.

Artist: Walter Linsley Meegan. (1859-1944).

Both signed Walter Linsley. Circa 1900.

Oils on canvas. Size: Each 10"x 16". Framed size: 15"x 21".

Good examples of his marine paintings.

Now cleaned and framed and In very good ready to hang condition.

Free UK delivery.

Yorkshire artist Walter Meegan showed his talent early. While still a student at Leeds School of Art he won first prize for a painting of a baby sleeping in its mother’s arms. After marriage, he travelled to the United States and opened a studio on Fifth Avenue in New York where he gained great acclaim and moved in circles appropriate for gaining prestigious commissions. However, the death of his youngest child and his wife’s homesickness meant that the family returned to Yorkshire – first to Leeds and then to Scarborough, where the family settled.

It was at the time of the Meegan family’s return to British shores that Walter Meegan became a pupil of the great Yorkshire painter, Atkinson Grimshaw, studying with him at his Leeds studio. Indeed, Meegan is considered by many to be Grimshaw’s greatest disciple.

Physical Dimensions

Height

38cm (14.96")

Width

54cm (21.26")

Depth

8cm (3.15")

Declaration

William Greenwood Fine Art has dated this piece to the Edwardian era.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA581243

Dealers Internal Reference

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Description

Title: "Low Tide on the Esk" and "Whitby Harbour". A pair of marine paintings.

Artist: Walter Linsley Meegan. (1859-1944).

Both signed Walter Linsley. Circa 1900.

Oils on canvas. Size: Each 10"x 16". Framed size: 15"x 21".

fig 1. Walter L. Meegan. "The Esk" & "Whitby Harbour" Pair Oil Marines.

Good examples of his marine paintings.

Now cleaned and framed and In very good ready to hang condition.

Free UK delivery.

Yorkshire artist Walter Meegan showed his talent early.

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While still a student at Leeds School of Art he won first prize for a painting of a baby sleeping in its mother’s arms.

William Greenwood Fine Art

After marriage, he travelled to the United States and opened a studio on Fifth Avenue in New York where he gained great acclaim and moved in circles appropriate for gaining prestigious commissions. However, the death of his youngest child and his wife’s homesickness meant that the family returned to Yorkshire – first to Leeds and then to Scarborough, where the family settled.

fig 2. Walter L. Meegan. "The Esk" & "Whitby Harbour" Pair Oil Marines.

It was at the time of the Meegan family’s return to British shores that Walter Meegan became a pupil of the great Yorkshire painter, Atkinson Grimshaw, studying with him at his Leeds studio. Indeed, Meegan is considered by many to be Grimshaw’s greatest disciple.