Search results
Anna Massey Lea Merritt (September 13, 1844 – April 7, 1930) was an American artist from Philadelphia who lived and worked in Great Britain for most of her life. A printmaker and painter of portraits, landscapes, and religious scenes, Merritt's art was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Anna Lea Merritt (born September 13, 1844, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died April 7, 1930, Hurstbourne Tarrant, Dorset [now in Hampshire], England) was an American artist whose skills as an etcher and painter found expression most often in portraiture and narrative subjects.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Anna Lea Merritt was born in Philadelphia in 1844, the daughter of Joseph Lea a manufacturer. She studied art in Italy, Germany, and Paris, ultimately settling England in the late 1860s. She married Henry Merrit, artist, and critic, who was twenty two years her senior.
Anna Massey Lea Merritt (September 13, 1844 – April 7, 1930) was an American artist from Philadelphia who lived and worked in Great Britain for most of her life. A printmaker and painter of portraits, landscapes, and religious scenes, Merritt's art was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites.
Anna Lea Merritt. 1844 to 1930. Born to an affluent Quaker family, Merritt attended politically progressive schools and studied classics, languages, mathematics, and music with private tutors. Initially, she was a self-taught painter, but later she studied anatomy at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia.
Sep 13, 1844 - Apr 7, 1930. Anna Massey Lea Merritt was an American painter and printmaker active in Great Britain. She painted portraits, landscapes and religious scenes. She was born in...
Anna Lea Merritt. born Philadelphia, PA 1844-died London, England 1930 Also known as Anna Massey Lea; Anna Massey Lea Merritt; Anna W. Lea Merritt ...
