Anna Syberg

Anna Louise Birgitte Syberg (7 January 1870, Faaborg – 4 July 1914, Copenhagen) was a Danish painter who, together with her husband Fritz Syberg, was one of the Funen Painters (Fynboerne) who lived and worked on the island of Funen. She is remembered for her lively watercolours of flower arrangements.[1] [2]

Anna Syberg
Fritz Syberg; Anna Syberg at her easel, 1910
Born
Anna Louise Birgitte Hansen

(1870-01-07)7 January 1870
Faaborg, Denmark
Died4 July 1914(1914-07-04) (aged 44)
Copenhagen, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
Fritz Syberg
(
m. 1894)

Biography
Anna Syberg: Roser (1902)

Anna Syberg attended the technical school in Faaborg after which she studied painting under Ludvig Brandstrup and Karl Jensen in Copenhagen. In 1882, she met Fritz Syberg who was serving an apprenticeship as a house painter with her father Peter Syrak Hansen. The two quickly fell for each other and after Anna had spent a period decorating porcelain at the Royal Copenhagen factory, they married in 1894 and set up home in the little village of Svanninge, just north of Faaborg. In 1902, they moved to Pilegården near Kerteminde, also on the island of Funen, where Anna became a close friend of Johannes Larsen, another member of the Fynboerne group of artists. From 1910 to 1913, the family spent three years at Pisa in Italy.

From 1898, Anna Syberg exhibited at Charlottenborg and in 1912 her works were presented at Den Frie Udstilling. She was frequently a model for her husband and appears in several of his works. During her lifetime, she received little recognition for her work, often being referred to as a flower painter. This was probably due to the fact that it was difficult for women artists to enter what was essentially a men's world.[3]

The sister of artist Peter Hansen, Anna Syberg was the mother of several children including the artist Ernst Syberg and the composer Franz Syberg.

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References
  1. "Syberg, Anna" Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, TV2 Fyn. (in Danish) Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  2. Vibeke Skov. "Fynboerne". Den Store Danske, Gyldendal. Retrieved March 1, 2019.
  3. "Anna Syberg (1870 - 1914)", Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. (in Danish) Retrieved 12 August 2011.
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