Anders Zorn

Margit

Margit https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/margit-1891

Walk

Walk https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/walk-1908

Dazzlingly bright slanting sunlight illuminates the artist’s white smock and highlights the side of his forehead. But Zorn’s studio is gloomy, and shapes and details are hard to discern. In the background, his model, an Italian girl, sits with her long, auburn hair wrapped around her. Zorn’s self-portrait was exhibited in Stockholm in 1897.

Self-portrait http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18513&viewType=detailView

After the bath

After the bath https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/after-the-bath-1895

In the Harbour of Algiers

In the Harbour of Algiers https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/in-the-harbour-of-algiers-1887

Kaikroddare

Kaikroddare https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/kaikroddare-1886

In Scotland (Mrs. Symons)

In Scotland (Mrs. Symons) https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/in-scotland-mrs-symons-1887

Hins Anders

Hins Anders https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/hins-anders-1904

Girl knitting

Girl knitting https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/girl-knitting-1901

The Mother of the Artist http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=27679&viewType=detailView

Portrait of the artist's mother

Mona https://collections.artsmia.org/art/58440/

Sensitive to cold

Sensitive to cold https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/sensitive-to-cold-1894

Wallpaper Factory

Wallpaper Factory https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/wallpaper-factory-1884

Studio Idyll

Studio Idyll https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/studio-idyll-1918

Gulli II

Gulli II https://collections.artsmia.org/art/58427/

Castles in the Air

Castles in the Air https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/castles-in-the-air-1885

The Great Bather

The Great Bather https://clevelandart.org/art/1937.644

Mme. Simon II

Mme. Simon II https://collections.artsmia.org/art/58439/

Anders Zorn has come to be associated with paintings of nude young women bathing. In his early paintings on this theme, the women often seem unaware of the spectator. They are not posing, but are simply captured on canvas while undressing or concentrating on getting out of the water. This spontaneous character is naturally false, and the nudity is a vital element in the painting. Nevertheless, these paintings are not primarily erotic; instead, the emphasis is on the effect of light. The nude body is hazy, to serve as a sculptural shape in the play of light and shadow in the overall composition. By Lake Siljan from 1905, on the other hand, is an example of how the subject was eventually exploited and became more explicitly erotic. Here, the woman is facing the spectator frontally, with her body fully exposed. The summer sun is used purely as a spotlight and not for subtle effects.

By Lake Siljan http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=18693&viewType=detailView

Summer Entertainment

Summer Entertainment https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/summer-entertainment-1886

Portrait of Emma in the Paris studio

Portrait of Emma in the Paris studio https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/portrait-of-emma-in-the-paris-studio-1894

Bequest of Virginia Purdy Bacon, 1919

Edward R. Bacon (1846–1915) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437965

Queen Sophia

Queen Sophia https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/queen-sophia

Sunbathing girl

Sunbathing girl https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/sunbathing-girl

In 1889, Anders Zorn and his wife Emma rented a flat with a studio in Montmartre – which became their permanent address for eight years. Zorn quickly established himself in Paris, largely thanks to personal contacts in the Parisian cultural elite, including the actor Coquelin Cadet (1848–1909). Cadet was famous mainly for his monologues. He was also an avid art collector. Zorn portrayed him in his professional role – on stage before an audience. The sculpture in the background can be seen as a reference to his interest in art.

Coquelin Cadet http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=23815&viewType=detailView

Portrait of Elizabeth Sherman Cameron

Portrait of Elizabeth Sherman Cameron https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/portrait-of-elizabeth-sherman-cameron-1900

Baking the Bread

Baking the Bread https://www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/baking-the-bread-1889

Mrs Veronica Heiss http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=19728&viewType=detailView

Mr. and Mrs. Furstenberg

Mr. and Mrs. Furstenberg https://collections.artsmia.org/art/59328/

Wallace L. DeWolf and Charles Deering Collections of Etchings by Anders Zorn

Bather (Evening) III https://www.artic.edu/artworks/41746/