Anna Macpherson Cummings Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Anna Macpherson Cummings
**early life and training** anna macpherson cummings, a talented artist from greece, was born on january 6, 1881, in salonika. she was the eldest of three daughters to cecil j. cummings. following her father's passing, the family relocated to england, where anna received her schooling. her artistic promise was evident from a young age, leading to her training in london. **artistic career and collaborations** in 1906, anna macpherson cum
mings met norman de garis davies in alexandria, egypt. they married in hampstead, london, on october 8, 1907. the couple settled near the theban necropolis, where they began documenting tomb paintings. anna spent her time creating drawings for the metropolitan museum and replicating tomb paintings for alan gardiner, which became part of collections at other museums. key achievements: developed a skill for quickly, accurately, and con…
