Anna
Lea Merritt
A Transatlantic Life in Art: The Story of Anna Lea Merritt Anna Lea Merritt, born in Philadelphia in 1844, embodies a fascinating intersection of American origins and British artistic flourishing. Her life was one of dedicated study, personal tragedy, and ultimately, significant achievement within the …
A portrait built from Anna Lea Merritt's own colours
Every 10 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
