Wilhelm Kyhn’s Art School for Women in Copenhagen accepted Anna Ancher.Here Here she attended classes for 3 years from 1875 to 1878.Her paintings  were  exhibited for the first time Charlottenborg in Copenhagen in 1880.This was the turning point in her career and she was immediately recognized as a painter.Her paintings were mostly focused on  simple everyday situations especially depicting home as well as the unique bonding that exist between a mother and child.The beauty of the painting  was due to the combination of the color and the light  that she utilized in her painting.