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随心选择一种心境,空间便会给出回应 —— 灯光随之变冷或变暖,空气的节奏随之改变,唯有承载着那份情感的作品会从黑暗中脱颖而出。其余的一切,皆隐入阴影之中。
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 Victorian art world. Coming from an affluent Quaker family, she benefited from opportunities for education uncommon for women of her tim
e, initially pursuing studies that even touched upon medicine – a testament to her intellectual curiosity and keen observation of the human form, qualities that would later deeply inform her portraiture. The family’s relocation to Europe in 1865 proved pivotal, exposing Merritt to the artistic currents of the continent and providing access to instruction from esteemed artists like Stefano Ussi, Heinrich Hoffman, Léon Cogniet, and Alpho…