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Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn portrait etching
Guli II, Anders Zorn, etching, roughly 8 x 5 1/2 inches (20 x 15 cm). Link is to Bukowski’s auctions, which has a large image available from their page. I assume that the original of this particular impression is now in a private collection. The etching is called Gulli II because the artist did a…
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Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn etched portrait of Augustus Saint Gaudens
Augustus Saint Gaudens II (Saint Gaudens and his Model), Anders Zorn Etching and drypoint, roughly 5 x 8 inches (14 x 20 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; downloadable large image on Wikimedia Commons Zorn is one of my favorite etchers (after only Rembrandt and Whistler), and his mastery shows here…
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Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn portrait of Freida Schiff
Frieda Schiff, Anders Zorn In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Given the relatively weak greens in the curtain and background, I suppose it’s possible this was painted with Zorn’s famously eponymous palette. The “Zorn Palette”, with which the Swedish artist is presumed to have painted many (though certainly not all) of his…
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Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn’s The Girl from Älvdalen
The Girl from Älvdalen, Anders Zorn Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Another fine example of Zorn’s beautifully economical and richly painterly style. I love the way the water is so briefly notated, and yet feels so naturalistic.
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Anders Zorn’s etchings
In my post on the paintings of the terrific Swedish artist Anders Zorn back in March of this year, I promised to follow up with a post on his amazing etchings. I just love etchings, they have a line quality and visual charm unlike any other medium. There are three artists at the very top…
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Anders Zorn: some highlights
In my previous post on the brilliant Swedish painter Anders Zorn here on Lines and Colors, I concentrated on the exhibition currently at the National Academy Museum in New York (until May 18, 2014). I wanted to follow up with a more general selection of some of Zorn’s wonderfully painterly works, and some general resources…