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Anders Zorn
Sign in to saveAlso known as Anders Leonard Zorn, Anders T︠S︡orn, Anders Lenard Zorn, Andres Leonard Zorn, andreas zorn, zorn anders, a. zorn
Swedish painter and engraver (1860-1920)
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Anders Leonard Zorn was a Swedish painter, sculptor, engraver, and photographer. Born in Mora in 1860 and dying there in 1920, he was educated at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts. His work is associated with the Impressionism movement and includes portrait painting, nude, genre painting, and landscape painting. He spoke Swedish and was a member of the Swedes ethnic group.
Zorn received the Knight of the Legion of Honour award. He worked in the United States, Paris, Constantinople, and Madrid. His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Harriet Sundström was his student.
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Key facts
- Born
- Anders Leonard Zorn , ( 1860-02-18 ) 18 February 1860, Utmeland, Mora , Sweden–Norway
- Died
- 22 August 1920 (1920-08-22) (aged 60), Stockholm , Sweden
- Education
- Royal Swedish Academy of Arts , Stockholm
- Known for
- Painting , Sculpture , Printmaker in etching
- Spouse
- Emma Lamm
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Anders Zorns gravmonument vid Mora kyrka, Mora, Dalarna 1939 -Stiftelsen Upplandsmuseet / DigitaltMuseum
Stiftelsen Upplandsmuseet - Photographer Sundgren, Gunnar
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leonard
- Family name
- Zorn
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Mora
- Place of death
- Mora
- Occupation
- graphic artist
- Educated at
- Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Field of work
- painting
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- Impressionism
- Image
- Zornself.jpg
- Work location
- Chicago
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- Commons category
- Anders Zorn
- date of birth
- 1860-02-18
- date of death
- 1920-08-22
- Commons Creator page
- Anders Zorn
- Commons gallery
- Anders Zorn
- birth name
- Anders Leonard Zorn
- has works in the collection
- Van Gogh Museum
- described at URL
- digitaltmuseum.se/011013982114/anders-zorns-gravmonument-vid-mora-kyrka-mora-dalarna-1939
- ethnic group
- Swedes
- name in native language
- Anders Zorn
- influenced by
- Rembrandt
Sources (13)
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Anders Zorn, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Anders and Emma Zorn around 1885. Reveil (Awakening), the artist's wife Sommarnöje, 1886. Sweden's highest priced painting ever; sold for 26 million SEK on June 3, 2010. Emma Zorn, reading, 1887
Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920) was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etching artist. His portrait subjects include King Oscar II of Sweden and three American Presidents: Grover Cleveland, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. At the end of his life in 1920, he established the Swedish literary Bellman Prize.
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