MEEKER Drcux d'Orcy, from whom bought for the Louvre. It is Gi'ricault's masterpiece. En- graved by S. W. Reynolds. Copy or rep- lien, New York Historical Society. Ham- erton, French Painters, 22 ; Villot, Cat. Louvre. MEEKER, JOSEPH RUSLING, born in Newark, N. J., April 21, 1827. Landscape painter, pupil of the National Academy. Studio in St. Louis. Works : Near the Atchafalaya ; The Indian Chief ; "Uplands (1884) Sheldon, 135. of the Florence Academy, with title of pro- fessor, in 1883. Studio in Florence. Works : A Knickerbocker (1873) ; Little Nell and her Grandfather (1876) ; Return from the Hunt (1880), H. Witthaus, New York ; Lit- tle Waitress (C. A. Bristed, ib.); Amateurs and Critics (H. G. Knowlton, ib.); Lace- Maker (J. Harper, ib.); Bridal Chamber in Palazzo Manzi Lucca ; Titian's Kitchen Pieve di Cadore, Kitchen Birthplace of Titian, Gondola Party from Giardiuo Reale Venice, Halt at the Golden Lion, Grandpa's Raft of the Medusa, Gericault, Louvre, Paris. MEKKS, EUGENE, born in New York, May 2!), 1843. Historical genre painter, pupil of Alexander Wust, Dutch landscape painter in New York ; visited Europe in 1801, studied at the Hague Academy one year, and spent the next five years at the J loyal Academy, Antwerp, under Josef van Lerius and Nicaise de Keyser ; in 1870-72 painted under Henri Bourse. Travelled and sketched through Central Europe in 1873, and has passed his professional life since in Florence, with the exception of two years in New York. Elected an associate Birthday, Fishing Boats Venice, Tales of a Grandfather, Startling Bit of Gossip (1884). MEER, BAREND (Beruardus) VAN DER, born in Haarlem about 1659, prob- ably a son of Jan the elder. Dutch school ; painted flowers, fruit, and still-life with great power and truth. Works : Grapes and Vase with Flowers (1689), Vienna Museum ; Fruit / 6 J / Gallery. Van der Willigen, 222 ; Zeitschr. f. b. K., v. 321 ; 2 vii. 7, 260. 232
