Large Walter Meegan. "Whitby Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

19th century

Sold by William Greenwood Fine Art

Description

Title: "Whitby Harbour on the River Esk". North Yorkshire Coast.

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

Signed with one of his pseudonyms Albert Grimshaw. (His teacher was AtkinsonGrimshaw). An early example Circa 1890.

Oil on canvas. Size: 24"x 36". Framed size: 30"x 42".

Good large example of his harbour moonlight scenes.

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

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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

76cm (29.92")

Width

107cm (42.13")

Depth

8cm (3.15")

Declaration

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

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA690829

Dealers Internal Reference

WGB

Description

Title: "Whitby Harbour on the River Esk". North Yorkshire Coast.

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

Signed with one of his pseudonyms Albert Grimshaw. (His teacher was AtkinsonGrimshaw). An early example Circa 1890.

fig 1. Large Walter Meegan. "Whitby Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

Oil on canvas. Size: 24"x 36". Framed size: 30"x 42".

Good large example of his harbour moonlight scenes.

Now cleaned and framed. 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.

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. Large Walter Meegan. "Whitby Harbour". Marine Oil Painting.

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.