Anna Boch

Anna Boch (1848-1936) was a Belgian painter and art patron who played a crucial yet often overlooked role in the development of modern art. Born into a wealthy family of ceramics manufacturers in La Louvière, Belgium, she had the rare privilege for a woman of her era to pursue formal art training. She studied under Isidore Verheyden, a prominent Belgian landscape painter, and developed her skills in the plein-air tradition that would become central to her artistic practice.…