Born and raised in France, Anne Sandry grew up in an environment of artists. While studying at the Massenet School and the Conservatoire d'Art Dramatique in Bordeaux, she was initiated to the Fine Arts, especially oil, water color and drawing, by her elder sister, a painter and sculptor pupil of Bourlier and Roganaud at Bordeaux Beaux-Arts Academy. She and Anne often painted from life in the open air, in pastoral settings, enchanting landscapes, and castles.