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Albert Anker
The Creche
1890
Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur
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Albert Anker
The Little Knitters
1892
Oskar Reinhart Foundation
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Albert Anker
The Artist's Daughter Louise
1874
Oskar Reinhart Foundation
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Albert Anker
The Creche
1890, oil on canvas, Oskar Reinhart Foundation, Winterthur
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Albert Anker
Market in Murten (nn02)
1876
Oil on board
8 x 10'' The Oskar Reinhart Foundation,Winterthur
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Albert Anker
still life with wine and chestnuts
mk247
1897,oil on canvas,15.375x17.75 in,39x45 cm,private collection
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Albert Anker
Auf dem Ofen
1,062 X 819 pixels
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Albert Anker
Der Grossvater erzahlt eine Geschichte
Der Grossvater erzählt eine Geschichtex (oil on canvas)
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Albert Anker
Auf dem Ofen
Albert Anker: Auf dem Ofen, 1895
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Albert Anker
Auf dem Ofen
Albert Anker: Auf dem Ofen, 1895
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Albert Anker
Bildnis eines Knaben
Date 1891(1891)
Medium Oil
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Albert Anker
Excess
"Still life: Excess". Oil on canvas, 48 x 62 cm.
Date 1896(1896)
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Albert Anker
Die Kartenlgerin
Date 1880(1880)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 70.5 x 94.5 cm (27.8 x 37.2 in)
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Albert Anker
Huftbild eines Madchens
c. 1874(1874)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 64.5 x 80 cm (25.4 x 31.5 in)
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Albert Anker
The Artists daughter Loise
oil on canvas
Date 1874(1874)
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Albert Anker
Little Red Riding Hood
1883, oil on canvas
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Albert Anker
Schoolboy
Oil on canvas, 56 x 42.5 cm.1881
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Albert Anker
Die Kartenlgerin
1880(1880)
Medium oil on canvas
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1831-1910
Swiss Albert Anker Galleries
During his studies, Anker produced a series of works with historical and biblical themes, including paintings of Luther and Calvin. Soon after returning to Ins, though, he turned to what would become his signature theme: the everyday life of people in rural communities. His paintings depict his fellow citizens in an unpretentious and plain manner, without idealising country life, but also without the critical examination of social conditions that can be found in the works of contemporaries such as Daumier, Courbet or Millet. Although Anker did paint occasional scenes with a social significance, such as visits by usurers or charlatans to the village, his affirmative and idealistic Christian world-view did not include an inclination to issue any sort of overt challenge.
Also prominent in Anker's work are the more than 30 still lifes he created. They depict both rural and urban table settings in the tradition of Chardin, their realist solidity reflecting Anker's vision of a harmonic and stable world order. In addition, Anker created hundreds of commissioned watercolours and drawings, mostly portraits and illustrations, including for an edition of Jeremias Gotthelf's collected works. To provide for a steady income, Anker also decorated more than 500 faience plates for the Alsatian producer Theodore Deck.
Anker was quick to reach his artistic objectives and never strayed from his chosen path. His works, though, exude a sense of conciliation and understanding as well as a calm trust in Swiss democracy; they are executed with great skill, providing brilliance to everyday scenes through subtle choices in colouring and lighting. Their parochial motives belie the open-mindedness towards contemporary European art and events that Anker's correspondence reflects.
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