Annie Stebler-Hopf

Annie Stebler-Hopf (4 September 1861 – 30 January 1918), also known as Anny Hopf or Anna Hopf, was a Swiss painter. She trained in Basel, Berlin, and Paris, and worked as a portrait, genre, landscape, and anatomical painter. She is especially known for her anatomical studies, above all Am Seziertisch (Professor Poirier, Paris) (c. 1889). In 2023, the Kunstmuseum Bern held the first monographic exhibition devoted to her work, and her work was also shown at the Städel Museum in 2024. After initial drawing lessons at the Kunstschule Basel, she continued her training from about 1879 to 1882 in the women's studio of the portrait painter Karl Gussow in Berlin. There she met Ottilie W. Roederstein, with whom she formed a lifelong friendship. Her work also included Christian subjects, high-alpine landscapes, and small-format domestic scenes. Among her known works are Religiöse Versammlung bei Guillaume Monod, Entre nous (Familienbild) (1904), Cathédrale de Reims (1905), and Abendbeleuchtung eines kleinen Sees am Matterhorn. Around 20 of her paintings are in the Kunstmuseum Bern, and an album in the museum archive helps reconstruct an oeuvre of about 50 works.

In 2023, the Kunstmuseum Bern held the first monographic exhibition devoted to her work. Her work was also shown at the Städel Museum in 2024.