Anna Ancher
On this day in 1859, the great Danish pictorial artist Anna Ancher was born in Skagen, Denmark. She was the only one of the Skagen Painters who was actually born and grew up in Skagen, where her father owned the Brøndums Hotel. The artistic talent of Anna Ancher became obvious at an early age and she grew acquainted with pictorial art via the many artists who settled to paint in Skagen, in the north of Jutland.
Anna Ancher enjoyed a unique artistic career, not least considering that she was a woman in an age where it was uncommon for women to get an artistic education (they were not even granted access to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts). She had her debut as an artist at Charlottenborg in Copenhagen in 1880 and quickly became highly successful as a painter. Her favorite motif was the near surroundings—the home, the world of women and children—and she is the only Skagen Painter who has repeatedly portrayed religious life in Skagen.
Ancher's work is featured in our Women Artists 50 Postcards set!
P.S. Learn more about the Skagen Painters in our article!
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