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Anna Zinkeisen

Trained in sculpture at the Royal Academy Schools from 1916 to 1921, Anna Zinkeisen received silver and bronze medals there. She also made designs for plaques commissioned by the Wedgwood company; these designs earned her a silver medal at the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1925. After this work, she specialised in portraiture and mural painting.

Mural painting led to commissions for large ocean liners: in 1935, John Brown and Company commissioned Anna and her sister Doris to create murals for the RMS Queen Mary. In 1940, the two sisters also contributed to the murals for the RMS Queen Elizabeth. During the Second World War, Zinkeisen worked as a medical artist and auxiliary nurse for the Order of St John at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington. Around 1967, she created a mural devoted to the birds of the Bible.

This profile brings together identity references for Anna Zinkeisen and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

1 references are documented at Dobiaschofsky. Each record links to its source; the amounts are not a general valuation of the artist’s work.

Works recorded at auction

Dobiaschofsky

White flowers in a swan vase.

Oil on canvas

Original catalogue wording

Weisse Blumen in Schwanenvase.
Öl auf Leinwand

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Sources and references

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SwissArtGallery documentary note based on the cited sources. Titles, media and qualifications are provided in the profile language; the original catalogue wording remains available in each record.
Documentation updated : 2026-10-19