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Did you know... that Albert Anker is sometimes called the "national painter" of Switzerland because of his popular depictions of 19th century Swiss village life?
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Reference 1 gives a 404 error - I though that was because of an inverted /, which I replaced, but it's still broken. Anyone know the correct URL? Olaf Davis | Talk 19:44, 1 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]