| Joseph Rusling Meeker
American 1827 -1889
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| Born: |
Newark New Jersey
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| Died: |
St. Louis Missouri
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| Active: |
New York New York
Buffalo New York 1849-1852
Louisville Kentucky 1852-1859
St. Louis Missouri 1859-on
Louisiana
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| Addresses: |
St. Louis Missouri
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| Studied: |
National Academy of Design 1845-1846
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| Instructors: |
Charles Loring Elliott
Asher Brown Durand
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| Exhibited: |
American Art Union NYC, 1842
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1862, 1864
National Academy of Design 1868
Agricultural & Mechanical Assoc. Fairs, St. Louis 1868, 1870
Boston Art Club 1877
Tennessee Exposition, Nashville 1897
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| Examples of Work: |
St. Louis Art Museum
Tulane University Library, New Orleans
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| Specialty: |
Painter
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| Style/School: |
Luminism
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| Subjects Known For: |
Landscapes
Portraits
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| Memberships: |
Western Academy of Art (member)
St. Louis Art Society (founder, 1872)
St. Louis Sketch Club (founder, 1877-1886)
St. Louis Academy of Fine Art
Salmagundi Club, St. Louis (founder, 1883-1886)
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