A Life in Light and Shadow Born Anna Catharina Schenck in Antwerp on 18 June 1868, the woman who would later be known as Anny Kernkamp began her creative life in the heart of Belgium. Her early years were shaped by formal training under the painter Henri Rul in her hometown, followed by further studies with Ernest Blanc-Garin in Brussels. This period of education provided the foundation for a style that sought to capture the natural wo…