Anna Lea Merritt
English painter, muralist, printmaker, illustrator, and writer, 1844–1930
SchoolBritish
BiographyAnna Lea Merritt was born in Philadelphia, but spent most of her working life in England. Her work is most often situated within the British, late-Victorian milieu. She was largely self-trained, but studied Anatomy at the Women's medical College of Pennsylvania. In 1870, while living in London, she met, trained with, and later married Henry Merritt, a painter and picture restorer. She exhibited in the United Kingdom at the Royal Academy, in Paris at the Salon, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts. She was a member of the Royal Society of Painters and Etchers.Person TypeIndividual
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American painter, illustrator, author, 1895–1976
American painter and illustrator, 1877–1959
British Pre-Raphaelite painter, 1828–1882
American illustrator, 1873–1949
British artist, educationalist and women's rights activist, 1827–1891
American painter, photographer, and sculptor, 1844–1916
British painter, printmaker, and author, 1883–1948
English painter, illustrator, and writer, 1846–1901
English artist, 1885–1954, active in America
American sculptor and painter, 1920–2003
