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Ancher, Anna Kirstine Brondum
Nationality: Danish
Lifespan: (August 18, 1859 - April 15, 1935)
Anna Kirstine Brøndum Ancher, was the only one of the Skagen Painters that was actually born in Skagen, Denmark.
Anna Ancher was born and grew up in the northernmost area of Jutland, called Skagen (the Skaw). Her talent became obvious at an early age and she grew acquainted with pictorial art via the many artists who settled to paint in Skagen.
Anna Ancher studied drawing for 3 years at the Vilhelm Kyhn College of Painting in Copenhagen. However, Anna Ancher developed her own style and was a pioneer in observing the interplay of different colours in natural light.
She also studied drawing in Paris at the atelier of Pierre Puvis de Chavannes along with Marie Triepcke, who would marry Peder Severin Krøyer, another Skagen painter. In 1880 she married fellow painter Michael Ancher, whom she met in Skagen. They had one daughter, Helga Ancher.
Despite pressure from society that married women should devote themselves to household duties, she continued painting after marriage.
Anna Ancher is considered to be one of the great Danish pictorial artists by virtue of her abilities as a character painter and colourist. Anna Ancher's art found its expression in Nordic art's modern breakthrough towards a more truthful depiction of reality, e.g. in Blue Ane (1882) and The Girl in the Kitchen (1883-1886).
Anna Ancher preferred to paint interiors and simple themes from the everyday lives of the Skagen people and fishermen, women and children, and she was intensely preoccupied with exploring light and colour, e.g. Interior with Clematis (1913). She also created more complex compositions such as A Funeral (1891). Anna Ancher's works have often represented Danish art abroad.
She was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat in 1924.
Compiled/Authored By: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ancher
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Ancher
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