PseudoPod 750: The Artist and the Door
“The Artist and the Door” was first published in Weird Tales in November 1952 The advent of the artist and the door was almost simultaneous. I have always wondered if the one would have been as sinister without the other. Of course, the evil was in the door, but if the artist hadn’t come along just then perhaps it might never have been released. I say that to comfort myself… Source
Quasar links out; the story lives on Pseudopod, where the author gets the click.