Another shared experience is their education which occurred outside of the recognised art schools such as the Fine Art Academy and the more radical Artists’ Free Studio School. As youngsters Alhed Larsen and Christine Swane were taught by Fritz Syberg, while Anna Syberg along with others was educated at the Technical School in Faaborg by her father Peter Syrak Hansen.

Anna Syberg is especially well-known for her floral watercolours which were shown in one of the gallery bays at the opening exhibition of the Museum in 1915. She closely recorded natural forms with a keen eye for colour. Amongst her subjects are both cultivated plants such as Provinsroser i en krukke (Roses in a Jar) (1909) and Hyacinter (Hyacinths) (1894) and also wild flowers like Tidsel (Thistle) (1909).

Alhed Larsen painted flowers, still-lifes and interiors. She is represented in the Faaborg Museum with amongst others Blomster i et vindue med solskin (Flowers in a Sunny Window) (1903) and Jødekirsebær (Winter Cherry) (c. 1927). While in these early works she is preoccupied with the interplay of light on the subject, her later works are of interest as they show a more abstracted expressionism.