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| 1891 Self-Portrait watercolour 16.3 x 12.7 cm |
Albert Anker (1831–1910) is regarded as the “national painter” of Switzerland. His meticulous paintings of Swiss rural life endeared him to the public and during his heyday, he was regarded as the most popular artist. His works captured the daily and social life of the rustics in the picturesque villages of Switzerland. While these captured the imagination of the public, his portraits charmed the critics. Indeed, his portraits and still-lifes are what cemented his enduring legacy. Unlike many of his contemporaries, his documentation of the social life of villagers was never judgmental. Rather he portrayed them as plain and unpretentious. Anker also worked on many still-lives, which are considered to be among his most important works.
For earlier works and a fuller biography see part 1 also.
This is part 2 of a 5-part post on the works of Albert Anker:
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| 1875 Writing Boy with Little Sister 45 x 58 cm Private Collection |
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| 1875 Young Mother oil on panel 36.7 x 46.7 cm |
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| 1875c Schoolboy oil on canvas 51 x 45 cm Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland |
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| 1876 The Country's Orphans oil on canvas 43.7 x 175 cm Musée d'art et d'histoire, Neuchatel, Switzerland |
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| 1876 The Public Notary oil on canvas 58.4 x 48.6 cm Museums Sheffield, UK |
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| 1877 Still Life: Coffee oil on canvas Private Collection |
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| 1879 Children's Breakfast oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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| 1879 Girl Playing at the Stove oil on canvas 42.4 x 55.6 cm © Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| 1879 Gym Class in Ins oil on canvas 96 x 14.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 Portrait of a Boy oil on canvas 43 x 37 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 Sierre watercolour and pencil on paper 17 x 13.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1880 The Sons of Chrétien, Paris oil on canvas 90 x 62 cm Private Collection |
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| 1881 Farmer Reading a Newspaper pen and ink and brush on paper 23.6 x 30 cm Private Collection |
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| 1881 Knitting Girl charcoal 55 x 42 cm Private Collection |
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| 1881 Schoolboy oil on canvas 56 x 42.5 cm Oskar Reinhart Collection, Winterthur, Switzerland |
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| 1881 The Artist's Daughter, Marie Anker oil on canvas 81 x 65 cm Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland |
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| 1882 Girl Reading |
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| 1882 Still LIfe with Coffee |
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| 1883 Boy Writing oil on canvas 59 x 42.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1883 Common Work oil on canvas 86 x 55.5 cm Private Collection |
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| 1883 Little Red Riding Hood oil on canvas |
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| 1883 Parlour with Green Stove watercolour and pencil on paper 11.7 x 20.3 cm Private Collection |
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| 1883 Rosa and Bertha Gugger oil on canvas |
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| 1883-84 Woman with Laurel Wreath watercolour 27 x 18 cm © Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| 1883-84 Young Girl Knitting oil on canvas 22.2 x 17.1 cm Private Collection |
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| 1884 A Gotthelf Reader ( reference to Swiss novelist Jeremias Gotthelf ) oil on canvas |
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| 1884 Grandfather Telling a Story oil on canvas 74 x 109 cm Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland |
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| 1884 The Strawberry Girl Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland |
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| 1885 Girl Knitting by a Window watercolour 66 x 51 cm Private Collection |
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| 1885 Knitting Girl Watching a Toddler in a Cradle oil on canvas 24 x 70 cm Private Collection |
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| 1885 Portrait of a Girl oil on canvas 36 x 32 cm Private Collection |
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| 1885c Old Age oil on canvas 83 x 65 cm Private Collection |
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| 1886 Girl Reading ( Cécile Anker, the artist's daughter, aged 12 ) brush and pen in blue faience colour Private Collection |
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| 1886 Old Man with Coffee Grinder oil on canvas 76.5 x 60 cm Private Collection |
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| 1886 The Little Potato Peeler Private Collection |
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| 1886c Girl with a Red Hood 38.5 x 32 cm Private Collection |
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| 1886c Le Bon Vivant ( Inser Farmer ) Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland |
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| 1886c Portrait of a Farmer with Hat watercolour 27 x 21 cm Private Collection |
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| 1887 Girl Braiding Her Hair oil on canvas 70.5 x 54 cm Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland |
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| 1887 The Civil Wedding oil on canvas 76.5 x 126 cm Kunsthaus, Zurich,Switzerland |
