Lewis Henry Meakin

Lewis Henry Meakin (12 July 1850[1] – 15 August 1917[2]) was an English-American Impressionist landscape artist.

[2][3] Among his students were Frances Farrand Dodge, Edna Boies Hopkins, Maud Hunt Squire, and Ethel Mars.

"[3] A skilled painter of landscapes, Meakin is known for his scenes along the Ohio River, the American and Canadian Rockies, and his depictions of summer in Camden, Maine and Cape Ann, Massachusetts.

[3] Meakin began working in a tonalist manner, then moved toward Impressionism around the turn of the century.

From his travels to the American West where he pioneered the Impressionist-style for a new region, Meakin earned the title "Father of Western Art.