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Anna Lea Merritt

1844 - 1930

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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. Merritt was a professional artist for most of her adult life, "living by her brush" before her brief marriage to Henry Merritt and after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Lea Merritt is the 860th most popular painter (up from 1,475th in 2019), the 3,291st most popular biography from United States (up from 5,038th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Anna Lea Merritt ranks 860 out of 2,023. Before her are Roman Opałka, Marinus van Reymerswaele, Kanō Eitoku, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, and Lucia Anguissola. After her are Richard Parkes Bonington, Gustave Boulanger, Allaert van Everdingen, Perino del Vaga, Renato Guttuso, and Cigoli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Anna Lea Merritt ranks 46. Before her are Victorine Meurent, Louis Riel, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Vasily Polenov, Garret Hobart, and Eduard Strasburger. After her are Jenny Longuet, Joshua Slocum, Lujo Brentano, Wilhelm Leibl, Édouard Branly, and Gyula Benczúr. Among people deceased in 1930, Anna Lea Merritt ranks 50. Before her are Theodor Nöldeke, John Russell, José Carlos Mariátegui, Paul Émile Appell, Eduard Meyer, and Constantine VI of Constantinople. After her are Richard Wilhelm, Riccardo Drigo, Eric Lemming, Isidor Gunsberg, Emil Krebs, and Oskar Nedbal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anna Lea Merritt ranks 3,291 out of 20,380. Before her are Frank Serpico (1936), Alan Guth (1947), Frank Zane (1942), David Packard (1912), James S. Sherman (1855), and Dick Sargent (1930). After her are James L. Brooks (1940), Paul Giamatti (1967), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), Frank L. Culbertson Jr. (1949), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), and KRS-One (1965).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Anna Lea Merritt ranks 30. Before her are Jasper Johns (1930), Andrew Wyeth (1917), John Sloan (1871), Julian Schnabel (1951), Robert Reid (1862), and Barbara Kruger (1945). After her are Henry Hill (1943), Donald Judd (1928), Grandma Moses (1860), Lee Krasner (1908), James Turrell (1943), and Beatrice Wood (1893).

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