Swedish 1860-1920
Swedish painter, etcher and sculptor. He was brought up by his grandparents at Mora. As he displayed a precocious talent for drawing he was admitted to the preparatory class of the Kungliga Akademi for de Fria Konsterna, Stockholm, at the age of 15. Dissatisfied with the outdated teaching and discipline of the Academy and encouraged by his early success as a painter of watercolour portraits and genre scenes (e.g. Old Woman from Mora, 1879; Mora, Zornmus.) Zorn left the Academy in 1881 to try to establish an international career. He later resided mainly in London but also travelled extensively in Italy, France, Spain, Algeria and the Balkans and visited Constantinople. However, he continued to spend most of his summers in Sweden.
Emma Zorn och hunden Mouche
(Emma Zorn and Mouche, the dog)
1902, oil, 97.5 x 67.5 cm
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Emma Zorn och hunden Mouche
(Emma Zorn and Mouche, the dog)
1902, oil, 97.5 x 67.5 cm
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Evening in June
Evening in June
Painting ID:: 95376
Date 1886(1886)
Medium watercolor
Dimensions 35.5 x 25 cm (14 x 9.8 in)
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Date 1886(1886)
Medium watercolor
Dimensions 35.5 x 25 cm (14 x 9.8 in)
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Girl in the Loft
Girl in the Loft
Painting ID:: 95377
Swedish 1860-1920
Swedish painter, etcher and sculptor. He was brought up by his grandparents at Mora. As he displayed a precocious talent for drawing he was admitted to the preparatory class of the Kungliga Akademi for de Fria Konsterna, Stockholm, at the age of 15. Dissatisfied with the outdated teaching and discipline of the Academy and encouraged by his early success as a painter of watercolour portraits and genre scenes (e.g. Old Woman from Mora, 1879; Mora, Zornmus.) Zorn left the Academy in 1881 to try to establish an international career. He later resided mainly in London but also travelled extensively in Italy, France, Spain, Algeria and the Balkans and visited Constantinople. However, he continued to spend most of his summers in Sweden.