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"Woman in the Hay"; Oil on canvas by Ancher Anna;

"Woman in the Hay"; Oil on canvas by Ancher Anna; Size: 18"x14"; Anna Kirstine Brøndum Ancher (August 18, 1859 - April 15, 1935 was born in Skagen, Denmark.
Anna Ancher 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.
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.
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. Anna Ancher's works have often represented Danish art abroad.
She was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat in 1924.

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