Portrait and genre painter. Born in San Francisco, CA in 1856. As a small girl Anna was given a "Rosa" doll (the French animal painter Rosa Bonheur was so famous in the 19th century that dolls were made in her image), and from early childhood Anna was fascinated with the career of Bonheur.

Anna's mother left her husband and moved to Europe, where Anna studied in Paris under Lefebve and Robert- Fleury at the Academie Julian (1883-84). While at the academie she won the grand prize for outstanding student of the year and her portrait of her mother was favorably received at the Paris Salon.

She returned to the United States and taught in Boston for a few years. In 1898 she obtained an interview with Bonheur for the purpose of doing her portrait. Klumpke lived with Bonheur until her death the following year and was the inheritor of her estate.

The ensuing years were divided between France, Boston and San Francisco After her return to San Francisco 1n 1930s, she exhibited at the Golden Gate International Exposition and on Sept.18, 1940 at Treasure Island she was nominated by popular vote as one of California's most distinguished women artists. She authored the biography Rosa Bonheur, "Sa Vie Son Oeuvre", as well as her own autobiography entitled Memoirs of a Artist (Wright and Potter Printing Company, Boston 1940). Anna Klumpke died in San Francisco at her 14th Av home on February 9, 1942.

Member:
San Francisco Art Association
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honeur
American Federation of Art
Society of Western Artist

Exhibited:
San Francisco Museum of Art, 1939 solo

Awards:
Honorable Mention, Paris Salon, 1885
Silver Medal, Versailles, 1886
Temple Gold Medal, Penn. Academy of Fine Art (best picture of the year), 1889
Bronze Medal, Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, St. Louis, 1904
Cross of Chevalier of the Honor, 1924

Collections:
California Palace of the Legion of Honor
Luxembourg Museum, Paris
Fontainebleu Palace
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
University of Chicago
de Young Museum, San Francisco
Smithsonian Institute

Listed:
Who Was Who In American Art 1936-1941
Mantle Fielding's
American Women Artist, Rubinstein, pp.147,148
Benezit
Artist of the American West
Memoirs of an Artist

Biography courtesy of Roughton Galleries, www.antiquesandfineart.com/roughton