Anna "Anny" Kernkamp (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1947) was a
Belgian artist.
Biography
Anna was born on 18 June 1868 in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, as Anna Catharina Schenck.
There she studied with the painter Henri Rul. She went on to study with
Ernest Blanc-Garin
Ernest Blanc-Garin or Ernest-Stanislas Blanc-Garin (8 October 1843 – 1916) was a French painter.
Blanc-Garin was born in Givet on 8 October 1843. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. He trained many student in his w ...
in Brussels.
In 1887 she married Johann Heinrich (Henri) Kernkamp, from
Edam, Netherlands. She started painting after the wedding and thus signed her work "Anny Kernkamp". As a result of her painting Anna suffered from an eye disease, which forced her to stop painting around 1913. She died on 9 February 1947 in
Brasschaat.
Work
Anna Kernkamp painted still lifes and landscapes
in an
Impressionistic style.
She was a member of the
Mechelen
Mechelen (; french: Malines ; traditional English name: MechlinMechelen has been known in English as ''Mechlin'', from where the adjective ''Mechlinian'' is derived. This name may still be used, especially in a traditional or historical contex ...
artist association "De Distel". She described her work as "open air impressionism". During her life, Anna exhibited several times, a.o. in
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
(1902), Antwerp (1904, 1908) and
Athens (1904, where she received an international prize).
Gallery
Anna Kernkamp - Meandering stream in the woods.jpg, ''Meandering stream in the woods''
De St.-Antoniuskerk in Antwerpen, Anna Kernkamp, 1904-, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen.jpg, ''St. Anthony Church in Antwerp''
References
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1868 births
1947 deaths
Artists from Antwerp
19th-century Belgian women artists
20th-century Belgian women artists