He was clearly influenced by a number of factors from the avant-garde art scene, such as modern life, bold color, and active brushwork. This coincided with Zorn’s move to Paris, where he really came into his own as an artist. Ives, which, in 1888, he showed at the Paris Salon (the official exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts) and sold to the French nation. One of his first finished oils was Fishermen at St. There, two important things happened: he became friends with a number of American artists who made up an artists colony in the village (and they helped him establish contacts with American patrons), and he was introduced to oil painting. (Some of my favorite examples are Summer Vacationand Our Daily Bread.) Then, in 1887, Zorn returned to England and ended up in St.
During this time, Zorn continued to focus on watercolor. He returned to Sweden to marry, then traveled to Constantinople through Italy and Greece on his honeymoon in 1886. He first traveled to London, staying there until 1885. In search of an international clientele, he decided to move abroad. Encouraged by his success and unhappy with the coursework at the Academy-which he felt was outdated-Zorn left school before finishing his degree. While still a student there, be began selling his watercolors. The inheritance from his father meant that, at the age of 15, he was able to enter the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. When a boy, he began carving figures in wood and made sketches. His modest, rural upbringing was to be a major influence upon him throughout his life, and was something of which he was very proud. Zorn was raised by his mother’s parents on their farm, in Mora, about 160 miles northwest of Stockholm.
His parents were not married, and Zorn’s father was not very involved in his son’s life, although he did leave Zorn a small inheritance when he died. In fact, he was in direct competition with John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925), one of the best known portrait painters at the turn of the twentieth century.Īnders Zorn was born in 1860, the son of a German brewer and one of his Swedish employees. Glembinĭid you know that Anders Zorn might be the most famous artist you’ve never heard of?ĭuring his career, which spanned about 20 years before and 20 years after 1900, Zorn was in high demand for painted portrait commissions in Europe and in the U.S. Milwaukee Art Museum, Gertrude Nunnemacher Schuchardt Collection, presented by William H. Etching, possibly drypoint, and graphite. Anders Leonard Zorn (Swedish, 1860–1920), Zorn and his Wife, 1890.
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