Danish1859–1935
Anna Ancher
Born in Skagen, where her parents ran the hotel where artists stayed, she became one of the colony's leading painters. She is considered one of Denmark's greatest visual artists.
A life in paintings
- 1859Born
- 1880Was the partner of Michael AncherSkagen
Michael and Anna Ancher married in 1880 and lived and worked in Skagen, both central to the Skagen Painters' colony. Their daughter Helga, born in 1883, became a painter too.
Source: Wikipedia - 1891
- 1935Died
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Artists’ colony · Skagen, Denmark · 1875
Skagen Painters
Artists' colony at the northern tip of Jutland, late 1870s to the turn of the century, meeting at Brøndums Hotel (Anna Ancher's family).
Source: Wikipedia
Where to see them
Skagens Museum
Skagen
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