Herman van den Anker

Hermanus Franciscus Carolus "Herman" van den Anker (July 14, 1832 in Rotterdam – July 9, 1883 in Paris) was a Dutch artist who painted in Pont-Aven, Brittany.

In 1854 he moved from his home town to Paris, and in 1868 moved to Pont-Aven, where he remained the rest of his life. He painted figures in national Breton dress.[1] Together with Fernand Quignon, he painted the board which hung in the village above the entrance to the Pension Gloanec, designed to encourage artists to stay there.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "About Pont-Aven", ArtFact. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  2. ^ "Exposition Fernand Quignon musée de Montreuil" Archived December 2, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Opale Blog. (in French) Retrieved May 20, 2012.
  3. ^ Van den Anker at the RKD