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Anders Leonhard Zorn

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Anders Leonhard Zorn , 1860–1920, Swedish painter, etcher, and sculptor. Zorn's early and phenomenal popularity was sustained throughout his career as a portrait painter of eminent persons in all fields. He was admired for the charm and freshness of his work, which also included genre and landscape subjects. He traveled throughout Europe and in 1903 visited the United States but he always returned to his native Mora, Sweden. Zorn's works are in many European and American collections; his Mora (Worcester, Mass., Art Mus.) is a fine example. Since his death, his virtuoso etching style has been esteemed more than his work in oils.

Bibliography: See studies by K. Asplund (1921) and E. M. Lang (1923).

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