Anna Ancher

>Anna Ancher 2005-04-28T02:02:42Z Ganymead <div style="float:right;width:200px;margin-left:5px;text-align:center">[[image:Syende_fiskerpige.jpg]]<small><br>''Syende fiskerpige (Sewing fisherman´s wife)''</small></div> '''Anna Kirstine Brøndum Ancher''' ([[August 18]], [[1859]] - [[April 15]][[1935]]), was the only one of the ''Skagen Painters'' that was actually born in [[Skagen]], [[Denmark]]. She studied drawing in [[Copenhagen]], and in [[Paris]] at the atelier of [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]] along with [[Marie Triepcke Krøyer Alfvén|Marie Triepcke]], who would marry [[Peder Severin Krøyer]], another Skagen painter. In [[1880]] she married fellow painter [[Michael Ancher]]. Despite pressure from society that married women should devote themselves to household duties, she continued painting after marriage. She painted mostly intimate scenes from the everyday life of women and children, and focused primarily on the light and colours of the paintings. She was awarded the [[Tagea Brandt Rejselegat]] in [[1924]]. ===Internal links=== [[List of Danish painters]] {{artist-stub}} [[Category:1859 births|Ancher, Anna]] [[Category:1935 deaths|Ancher, Anna]] [[Category:Danish painters|Ancher, Anna]] [[da:Anna Ancher]]