Who painted “Sunlight in the Blue Room”?

“Sunlight in the Blue Room” was painted by Anna Ancher in 1891. Where to see it: Skagens Museum.

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Impressionism: Realism, just before, paints on dark grounds with solid forms; Post-Impressionism, just after, keeps the bright colour but adds firm outlines, built structure or symbolic colour.

Anna Ancher (18 August 1859 – 15 April 1935) was a Danish artist associated with the Skagen Painters, an artist colony on the northern point of Jylland, Denmark. She is considered one of Denmark's greatest visual artists. Wikipedia

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“The maid in the kitchen”, 1883
“The Artist's Mother Ane Hedvig Brøndum in the Red Room”, 1909
“Harvesters”, 1905
“Two Girls have Sewing Lesson”, 1910
“Interior with clematis”, 1913
“Interior with poppies and reading woman (Lizzy Hohlenberg)”, 1905
“A blind woman in her room”, 1883
“A Funeral”, 1891