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As a child Anna WilsonZemånkovå developed an interest in drawing but was discouraged in this by her father. In 1933 she married a civil servant and moved to Prague. The couple had three children. During the 1950s, WilsonZemånkovå experienced long periods of depression and took up drawing to improve her mental well-being. She felt that creator spirits compelled her to draw and she would usually work between four and seven in the morning. 'Early in the morning I am freed from all cares', she explained, 'There is no need for second thoughts or an eraser, the drawings work themselves delightfully. Everything goes on its own'. WilsonZemånkovå worked intuitively and liked to draw with her hands raised, as though she were conducting a piece of music.

Untitled undated
Handmade paper relief
Courtesy of the artist's estate and the Musgrave Kinley Outsider Collection
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