Albert Samuel Anker's most famous painting is Writing lessons (also known as Schreibunterricht) (1865). With The Prodigal Son (1858) and Sunday afternoon (1862), it completes the three works everyone recognises. Our catalogue lists 83 works by Albert Samuel Anker; the 83 below are the ones the world looks at most, each with its year, the museum that holds it and why it matters.
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The Little Musician is an oil on canvas painting by the Swiss artist Albert Anker. Created about 1873, this work captures a singular, quiet moment of childhood. The…
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The Portrait of a girl with red necklace is a captivating oil painting by the renowned Swiss artist Albert Samuel Anker. This beautiful piece of art is a…
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Albert Samuel Anker's "Two Girls on the Stove Bench," painted in 1895, isn’t merely a depiction of two young women; it’s a carefully constructed tableau brimming with quiet…
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The four subjects that return most often among these masterpieces, with the finest example of each.
7 muzeja u kojima se nalazi najviše djela s ove stranice.
| Muzej | Grad | Djela autora Albert Samuel Anker | Slike iz ovog popisa |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kunsthaus Zürich |
Zürich | 3 | The Milk Soup at Kappel, Civil marriage, Two Girls on the Stove Bench |
 Kunst Museum Winterthur | Reinhart am Stadtgarten |
Winterthur | 3 | The little knitters, The artist's daughter Louise, Creche |
 Musée d'art et d'histoire |
Neuchâtel | 2 | Sunday afternoon, The Bourbakis |
 Kunstmuseum Bern |
Bern | 2 | The Poor Man's Soup, Still-Life with Coffee, Milk and Potatoes |
 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
Lille | 1 | In the Woods |
 Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts |
Lausana | 1 | Queen Bertha and the Spinners |
 Kunstmuseum Basel |
Basel | 1 | Children at Breakfast |
Writing lessons (also known as Schreibunterricht) (1865). Next come The Prodigal Son (1858) and Sunday afternoon (1862).
34 years old: Writing lessons (also known as Schreibunterricht) dates from 1865 and Albert Samuel Anker was born in 1831.
Writing lessons (also known as Schreibunterricht), The Prodigal Son, Sunday afternoon, The Bourbakis, In the Woods, The Wine Festival, Betende im Beinhaus von Stans, Baptism, Boy at table II i Girl, drinking coffee. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
Our catalogue lists 83 works by Albert Samuel Anker, dated from 1858 to 1910.
Most of them are in Kunsthaus Zürich (Zürich), Kunst Museum Winterthur | Reinhart am Stadtgarten (Winterthur) i Musée d'art et d'histoire (Neuchâtel). The table above lists the museums one by one.
In 1890s: 16 of the 83 works on this page date from then, among them The Genius of Death.
The earliest on this page is The Prodigal Son (1858), the latest Boy with Slate Tablet (1910).
Rural life (3), Swiss art (3) i Portraits (3), among the 83 works on this page.
Realism i Contemporary realism, as the paintings on this page show.
The Milk Soup at Kappel, Civil marriage i Two Girls on the Stove Bench are among the 3 works on this page held by the Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich.
Yes. Every painting on this page can be ordered as a museum-quality, hand-painted oil reproduction or a fine art print, in the size you choose, from the painting's own page.