This week’s work of art is by a relatively unknown Swiss artist, Albert Anker, though in his native Switzerland he’s often called his country’s “national painter” because the subject of his paintings so often depicted “19th-century Swiss village life.” Our painting today is a still life entitled “Bier und Rettich” or “Beer and Radish.” The oil painting was completed in 1898 and today hangs in the Kunstmuseum in Bern, Switzerland.

There’s a biography of Anker at Wikipedia and also at the official Albert Anker website, although it’s only in French and German. You can also find links to more of Anker’s art at the ArtCyclopedia and at Art Prints on Demand.