biography of John Liggett MEIGS (1916)

Birth place: Chicago, IL

Addresses: San Patricio, NM, in 1976

Profession: Painter, art historian

Studied: Univ. Redlands; Acad. de la Grande Chaumière, Paris.

Exhibited: solos: Honolulu Acad. FA, CPLH, Dayton (OH) Art Inst., Mus. New Mexico & Ball State Mus., Muncie, IN; Baker Gal., Lubbock, TX, 1970s. Awards: Texas WCS, Mus. New Mexico Biennial & El Paso Sun Carnival Exh.

Work: Roswell (NM) Mus.; Univ. Texas, Austin; West Texas Mus., Lubbock; Mus. New Mexico, Santa Fe. Commissions: pioneer frescoes (with Peter Hurd), Texas Tech Univ., Holden Hall, Lubbock, 1951-54; murals, Nickson Hotel, Roswell, 1951, F.O. Masten Farms, TX, 1960, N. Jr. H.S., Abilene, TX, 1961 & Weatherford First Nat. Bank, TX, 1971.

Comments: Worked as a newspaperman and in architectural design before turning to painting full-time in 1951. Preferred media: egg tempera, watercolors. Publications: ed., Peter HurdóThe Lithographs, Baker Gallery, 1970; ed., Peter HurdóSketchbook, 1971, ed., The Cowboy in American Prints, 1972 & auth., American GraphicsóBellows to Baskin, 1973, Swallow; contrib., New Mexico Magazine, Ford Times, Southwest Art Gallery Magazine & Arizona Highways. Collection: Am. graphics & drawings; Peter Hurd; Henriette Wyeth; Am. Realists. Research: Am. graphics, especially 1930-50.