Centre Albert Anker

Today the Centre Albert Anker is closed

The Centre Albert Anker is an artist’s house of national significance and presents a comprehensive view of Albert Anker’s artistic and cultural influence in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Here our visitors are welcome to experience firsthand the unique cultural heritage of this famous Swiss painter in a space of convivial exchange.

Albert Anker

Albert Anker (1831- 1910) is without a doubt the most popular swiss painter. His portraits of children and aged people of Ins, his village of origin, are unforgettable. Less known are his drawings, fayences and effortless sketches created in Paris.
The research around Anker discovers the artist in a new light as a progressive and broadly interested humanist. From Ankers hand stem the most stunning depictions of children, brought forward by european realism of the 19th century.

The artist

Albert Anker, „self portrait“, 1901
Oil on canvas, 19inx15in

News

Wednesday 17. September 2025

The Centre Albert Anker will be open on 22 October 2025 for the “Inser-Märit”

Open especially on this day: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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« First, one has to form an ideal in his phantasy, then make this ideal accessible to the people. »

Letter from Albert Anker to Auguste Bachelin, 9th of june, 1849

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The Centre Albert Anker will be open on 22 October 2025 for the “Inser-Märit”

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