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Artwork details
- Medium : Oil, Spray Paint on Canvas
- Other details : Artwork on supported wooden frame. Ready to hang. Framing on request.
- Dimensions : 53.1x47.2in
About this artwork
Eight months pregnant, Anna Fischer was given the news that she had been chosen to become one of the first female astronauts. In 1984, just three days after the birth of her daughter, training began. She worked hard to prove she could manage motherhood and work full time. She wore baggy t-shirts and trousers and no make-up or jewellery, so as not to make the wives jealous. While on duty at Capcom, Anna would sit for 10 hours at a time, only when…
the connection was lost running to the restroom to pump milk for her nursing baby at home. Anna was in space for a total of 8 days on the shuttle STS-51A with no contact to her family. An inspiration to millions of women and girls throughout the nation, she received numerous letters and autogram requests from little girls. It would be her great honor to one day train some of them to be astronauts themselves. Anna’s daughter never felt neglected, but rather proud of her mother, the first mother ever in space.
Adrienne Egger
Austria
Credentials
- International Exposure
- Experienced Artist
- Prizewinner
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« "I want my art to set off an avalanche of freedom, thereby giving others permission to shine." »
Adrienne Egger’s bold, narrative-driven paintings explore transformation—where strength meets vulnerability, control meets surrender. Blending surrealism, impressionism, and expressionism, she crafts immersive storyscapes of emotion, memory, and possibility. Born in the Rocky Mountains and now in the Austrian Alps, her unconventional upbringing fuels a fascination with life’s contradictions. Her work holds space for reflection and affirms the full spectrum of being, reclaiming complexity as quiet strength. With collectors from Hong Kong to New York and features in luxury publications and auction houses, Adrienne also founded UNARTIG – Avantgarde Art Salon, curating immersive interdisciplinary experiences that foster art, culture, and community. Through Graceland, her nonprofit, she supports transformation at life’s pivotal moments. Her practice spans painting, design, fashion, and coaching, each a thread in her mission to turn life’s raw materials into beauty and insight.