Anna "Anny" Kernkamp (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1947) was a Belgian artist.

Biography

Anna was born on 18 June 1868 in

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as Anna Catharina Schenck. There she studied with the painter Henri Rul. She went on to study with Ernest Blanc-Garin in Brussels. In 1887 she married Johann Heinrich (Henri) Kernkamp, from

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. 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

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Work

Anna Kernkamp painted still lifes and landscapes in an

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style. She was a member of the

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artist association "De Distel". She described her work as "open air impressionism". During her life, Anna exhibited several times, a.o. in

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(1902), Antwerp (1904, 1908) and

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(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''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kernkamp, Anna 1868 births 1947 deaths Artists from Antwerp 19th-century Belgian women artists 20th-century Belgian women artists