Anker was a member of the Grand Council of Bern (the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern consisting of 160 members as of 2006) from 1870 to 1874, after he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Salon for Schlafendes Mädchen im Walde in 1866.
Anker was a member of the Grand Council of Bern (the parliament of the Swiss canton of Bern consisting of 160 members as of 2006) from 1870 to 1874, after he was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Salon for Schlafendes Mädchen im Walde in 1866.