Brooklyn Museum - Untitled - Joseph Rusling Meeker

Joseph Rusling Meeker (born in

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, 27 September 1887) was a

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painter.

Biography

He studied at the

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in 1845–46, and exhibited at the

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in 1849–50, the Academy of Design in 1867, and the

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in 1877. His studio was at St. Louis. Meeker had a special sympathy with southern scenery, and has successfully rendered the landscapes of

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Works

* “The Indian Chief” * “The

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in the Atchafalaya” * “The Vale of Cashmere” * “The Lotos Eaters” * “Louisiana Bayou” * “The Noon-Day Rest,” from

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's ''

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'' * " Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisconsin"

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References

* Attribution * 1827 births 1887 deaths 20th-century American painters American male painters American landscape painters Artists from St. Louis Artists from Newark, New Jersey National Academy of Design alumni Painters from Missouri Painters from New Jersey 19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1820s-stub