Anna Kernkamp Explained

Anna Kernkamp
Other Names:Anna Catharina Kernkamp-Schenck
Birth Date:18 June 1868
Birth Place:Antwerp, Belgium
Death Place:Brasschaat, Belgium
Nationality:Belgian
Field:Painting

Anna "Anny" Kernkamp (18 June 1868 – 9 February 1947) was a Belgian artist.[1]

Biography

Anna was born on 18 June 1868 in Antwerp as Anna Catharina Schenck.[2] 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 Edam, Netherlands.[3] 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.[4]

Work

Anna Kernkamp painted still lifes and landscapes[5] in an Impressionistic style.[6] She was a member of the Mechelen artist association "De Distel". She described her work as "open air impressionism". During her life, Anna exhibited several times, a.o. in Liège (1902), Antwerp (1904, 1908) and Athens (1904, where she received an international prize).[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Anna Catharina Kernkamp - Biography . AskArt . 7 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Anna Kernkamp . RKD . 7 April 2021 . nl.
  3. P.M. Kernkamp, Hollandgänger. The Kernkamp family in Holland, in: De Nederlandsche Leeuw jg. 129 (2012), p. 117-126.
  4. Web site: Anny Kernkamp . Frauendatenbank fembio.org . 7 April 2021 . de.
  5. Web site: Kernkamp, Anny or Anna . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 7 April 2021 . en.
  6. Web site: Kernkamp, Anna . Dictionnaire des Peintres belges . 7 April 2021.
  7. Web site: Anna Kernkamp in publiek domein. Rosa - Kenniscentrum voor gender en feminisme. 11 May 2021. nl.