Anna Lea Merritt first exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1878. Paintings include Ophelia (1880), St Cecilia (1886),
La Belle Dame Sans Merci (1884) and Love Locked Out (1890).
The latter painting is at the Tate Gallery, London.
Primary biographical source:
The Dictionary of Victorian Painters
"Eve"
Love Locked Out
Painted in 1889;
Tate Gallery, London, England
Merritt described this painting as 'a monument to my husband.
In my thought the closed door is the door of the tomb.
I feared people liked it as the symbol of forbidden love,
while my love was waiting for the door of death to open
and the reunion of the lonely pair'.
