Artist: Anders Zorn (1860 - 1920)
Nationality: Swedish
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Anders Leonhard Zorn was born in Mora, Sweden and studied the watercolor medium under Egron Lundgren. After exhibiting a piece titled Mourning in 1880, he received many portrait commissions. After traveling throughout England, Spain, and North Africa, Zorn settled in Paris and began painting in oils and adopted in the Impressionist techniques. In 1893, he began creating commissions for the tycoons and politicians in the United States. Later in his life, he returned to Sweden and producing landscapes and genre scenes. Zorn was also a talented etcher and sculptor.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (68)
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Anders Zorn Vicke(Anders Victor Andren) Etching with drypoint 1918
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Anders Zorn Lavard Anders, Dalecarlian Peasant Etching with drypoint 1919
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Frieda Schiff (1876-1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, 1894 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)Oil on
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Anders Zorn Dal River Etching with drypoint 1919
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Edward R. Bacon (1846-1915), 1897 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)Oil on canvas; 48 1/4 x
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Anders Zorn A Ring Etching with drypoint 1906
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Anders Zorn Balance Etching with drypoint 1919
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Anders Zorn Old Maria Etching with drypoint 1919
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Anders Zorn Balance Etching with drypoint 1919
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Anders Zorn Sappo Etching with drypoint 1917
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Anders Zorn Frida Etching with drypoint 1914
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Anders Zorn Valkulla Etching with drypoint 1912
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Anders Zorn The New Maid Etching with drypoint 1909
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Anders Zorn Effet de Nuit III Etching with drypoint 1897
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Anders Zorn Olga Bratt Etching with drypoint 1892
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Anders Zorn Ernest Renan Etching with drypoint 1892
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Anders Zorn Alder Etching with drypoint 1917
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Anders Zorn Self-Portrait Etching with drypoint 1916
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Anders Zorn Shallow Etching with drypoint 1913
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Anders Zorn The Cabin Etching with drypoint 1917
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Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842-1918), ca. 1900 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)Oil
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Anders Zorn Hartang (Seaweed Wreath) Etching with drypoint 1914
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Anders Zorn Model Before Picture Etching with drypoint 1910
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Anders Zorn Gopsmor Cottage Etching with drypoint 1917
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Anders Zorn Prince Paul Troubetzkoy II Etching with drypoint 1908
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Anders Zorn Old Soldier ("Prinsen") Etching with drypoint 1911
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Anders Zorn Self-Portrait with Inscription Etching with drypoint 1904
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Anders Zorn Djos Mats (clockmaker in Dalecarlia) Etching 1911
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Anders Zorn Paul Verlaine. II Etching with drypoint 1895
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Anders Zorn Effet de Nuit III Etching with drypoint 1897
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Anders Zorn Girl with a Cigarette II Etching with drypoint 1891
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Anders Zorn August Strindberg Etching with drypoint 1910
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Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy, died 1919), 1897 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)Oil on
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Anders Zorn Prince Paul Troubetzkoy I Etching with drypoint 1908
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Anders Zorn Self-Portrait Etching with drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Anders Zorn Billy Mason (U.S. Senator from Illinois) Etching with drypoint 1900
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Anders Zorn Grover Cleveland II Etching with drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Anders Zorn Couple wading in the water Etching with drypoint 19th - 20th century
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Anders Leonard Zorn - Mrs. Potter Palmer 1893 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Swedish
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Anders Zorn - Hugo Reisinger 1907 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Swedish
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Anders Leonard Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920 Martha Dana (later Mrs.William Mercer) 1899 Oil on canvas 68.6
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Anders Aldrin Zabriskie (Zabrisky) Point, Death Valley color woodcut 19th - 20th century
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Wild Men and Moors Tapestry Germany, Alsace, (Possibly Strasbourg), about 1440 Tapestry weave (wool warp;
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John I (1468-1532), the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German,
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John I (1468-1532), the Steadfast, Elector of Saxony Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German,
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Per Kirkeby Inventory - Portfolio of 18 prints Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 10 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 5 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 12 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 11 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 13 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 14 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 16 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 8 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 7 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 1 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 2 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 3 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 4 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint with hard ground etching and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Night Thoughts Color soap ground aquatint with scraping and drypoint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Olive Thoughts Color soap ground aquatint with hard ground etching, drypoint and aquatint 1993
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Per Kirkeby Thoughts in the Sun Color sugar lift aquatint with aquatint and drypoint; partly printed in relief 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 6 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint and hard ground etching with scraping on Somerset Textured White paper 1993
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Per Kirkeby Dark Thoughts Flat bite etching with hard ground etching; partly printed in relief in green and black 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 9 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint, hard ground etching, and sugarlift aquatint with scraping on Somerset Textured White paper 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 17 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Aquatint, crayon-resist flat bite etching, and drypoint on Somerset Textured White paper 1993
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Per Kirkeby Plate 15 of 18 from the portfolio, Inventory Drypoint, aquatint, and crayon-resist flat bite etching on Somerset Textured White paper 1993

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (2)
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National Museum of Fine Arts: Impressionism and the North
There are many links between, mainly French, Impressionism and artists in the Nordic region. The exhibition shows paintings done by Paul Gauguin during his time in Copenhagen in the mid-1800s. In that same period, Danish artist Theodor Philipsen w...
Atlantic Center for the Arts: Call for Artists: Residencies March 1 - 2, 2004
Each residency session includes three master artists of different disciplines. This secession the master artists are Carolee Schneeman - visual artist, Mark Strand - poet, and John Zorn - musician/composer. The master artists each personally sel...

Further Artwork and Information:

Zornsamlingarna - Anders Zorn
Zorn Collections - Mainpage - Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn (1860-1920) - An on-line gallery
Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn Online
Anders Leonard Zorn paintings.
Anders Zorn - susning.nu
Anders Zorn
Anders Zorn - Konstnären & Samlaren
ANDERS ZORN/BIOGRAPHY

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