Anders Zorn: 103 Watercolors and Etchings

by Anders Zorn

Anders Zorn was one of Sweden’s foremost artists who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching. His incisive ability to depict the individual character of his model is famous. The model's surroundings were important; Zorn believed that a portrait should be painted in an environment that was natural for the model. An artificial studio environment was not to his taste. The international esteem Zorn received was not based solely on his paintings but he was an exquisite etcher as well. He had worked with this technique since 1882. He had developed his abilities and was now highly accomplished. Zorn produced 289 etchings, a number of which are very well known, among them the portrait of Ernest Renan (1892), August Rodin (1906) and August Strindberg (1910). Zorn admired and collected the etched works of Rembrandt and considered him to be his artistic forefather in this particular medium.

107 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 22, 2014

About the author

Etchings and paintings of Swedish artist Anders Zorn include genre scenes, fashionable portraits, and nudes.

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Reviews

[Roisin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the one on Van Gogh, in terms of the text. Would have been good to know more detail. However, the etchings and watercolours are very good. Lots of nudes at the latter half, which are of good quality. Though the nudes are a bit similar which made the book less interesting.