The Financial Times: Postcard from Denmark: Skagen, in the footsteps of Anna Ancher
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Anna Ancher
Anna Ancher was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artist colony on the northern point of Jylland, Denmark. She is considered one of Denmark's greatest visual artists.
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culture · Danish painter (1859–1935) · painter · artist · also Anna Ancher, Anna Kirstine Brondum, Anna Brøndum, Anna Kirstine Ancher, Ancher
Born 18 August 1859 · Died 15 April 1935 · Q253446
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 3 entries
MutualArt.com: Anna Kirstine Ancher
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The Arts Desk: Anna Ancher: Painting Light, Dulwich Picture Gallery review - intimate gems
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The Guardian: See the light: the beautiful, and radical, art of Anna Ancher – review
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2022· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: Anna Ancher returning from the field with a large bouquet of wild flowers in her arms, circa 1902
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2013· 1 entry
The Washington Post: ‘A World Apart: Anna Ancher and the Skagen Art Colony’ OpensAt National Museum of Women in the Arts
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1967· 1 entry
Michael and Anna Ancher's house (Anchers Hus) in Skagen was converted into a museum by the Helga Ancher Foundation before Anchers Hus opened to the public for tours
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1964· 1 entry
Their daughter, Helga Ancher, left the house and all of its contents to a foundation
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1935· 1 entry
Died 1935-04-15.
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1924· 1 entry
Awarded Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1924).
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1913· 2 entries
Awarded Ingenio et arti (1913).
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A large studio annex was added to the property
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1904· 1 entry
Won Eckersberg Medal for A field sermon (1904).
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1880· 1 entry
Married fellow painter Michael Ancher, whom she met in Skagen
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1859· 1 entry
Born 1859-08-18.
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