Anna E. Klumpke (1856-1942)
- Anna E. Klumpke (1856-1942)
- A Path Through the Woods
- Oil on canvas
- 36 x 24 1/2 inches
- Signed lower right
- Born in San Francisco in 1856, Anna became enamored by the celebrated French animal painter Rosa Bonheur, a giant among woman painters. Anna's mother arranged for her to study in Switzerland, then the family moved to Paris. There she and her sisters often sat around a large table, focused on sewing while one of her sisters would read aloud. Anna executed a copy of Rosa Bonheur's Plowing in Nivernais in the Musée du Luxembourg, which became for her a talisman.
