Walter Linsley Meegan 🇬🇧 (1859 -1944) | ArtLiveAndBeauty

 

Walter Linsley Meegan's Paintings

Walter Linsley Meegan grew up in Leeds and attended Leeds School of Art. Before moving in England, he travelled widely throughout America. He owned two homes, one in Scarborough and one in the Liverpool region. Walter Linsley Meegan was a John Atkinson Grimshaw pupil at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, and his work was highly influenced by Grimshaw's approach. Their works are strikingly similar, right down to the storylines of the paintings! Walter Linsley Meagan painted moonlights and similar scenes, particularly in Leeds and subsequently in London. His first paintings were signed using his wife's maiden name, "Linsley." He worked in oils and is most recognised for his port and moon themes. Walter Linsley Meegan was the father of ten children from his marriage to Agnes Mahoney.

Linsley Meagan and his family immigrated to the United States, where he worked at a studio he purchased on Fifth Avenue in New York. However, the loss of their youngest child, as well as his wife's love for England, drove the family back to Leeds, where the artist died many years later, in 1944.