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: (40)
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Anders Zorn, Lavard Anders, Dalecarlian Peasant, 1919
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Anders Zorn, Vicke(Anders Victor Andren), 1918
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Anders Zorn, Balance, 1919
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Anders Zorn, A Ring, 1906
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Anders Zorn, Dal River, 1919
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Anders Zorn, Old Maria, 1919
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Anders Zorn, Balance, 1919
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Anders Zorn, The New Maid, 1909
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Anders Zorn, Sappo, 1917
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Anders Zorn, Valkulla, 1912
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Anders Zorn, Frida, 1914
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Anders Zorn, Shallow, 1913
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Anders Zorn, Self-Portrait, 1916
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Anders Zorn, Alder, 1917
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Anders Zorn, The Cabin, 1917
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Anders Zorn, Olga Bratt, 1892
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Anders Zorn, Ernest Renan, 1892
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Anders Zorn, Effet de Nuit III, 1897
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Anders Zorn, Self-Portrait with Inscription, 1904
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Anders Zorn, Girl with a Cigarette II, 1891
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Anders Zorn, Paul Verlaine. II, 1895
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Anders Zorn, August Strindberg, 1910
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Anders Zorn, Model Before Picture, 1910
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Anders Zorn, Old Soldier ("Prinsen"), 1911
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Anders Zorn, Gopsmor Cottage, 1917
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Anders Zorn, Effet de Nuit III, 1897
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Anders Zorn, Prince Paul Troubetzkoy II, 1908
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Anders Zorn, Hartang (Seaweed Wreath), 1914
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Anders Zorn, Prince Paul Troubetzkoy I, 1908
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Anders Zorn, Self-Portrait, 19th - 20th century
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Anders Zorn, Djos Mats (clockmaker in Dalecarlia), 1911
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Anders Zorn, Billy Mason (U.S. Senator from Illinois), 1900
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Anders Zorn, Grover Cleveland II, 19th - 20th century
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Anders Zorn, Couple wading in the water, 19th - 20th century
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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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Edward R. Bacon (1846-1915), 1897 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)Oil on canvas; 48 1/4 x
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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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Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon (Virginia Purdy, died 1919), 1897 Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920)Oil on
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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

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
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Anders Zorn - Konstnären & Samlaren
ANDERS ZORN/BIOGRAPHY

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