Anders Zorn: Sweden's Master Painter

Author: Cederlund, JohanBrand: Rizzoli ElectaColor: MulticolorEdition: IllustratedBinding: HardcoverFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 224Release Date: 29-10-2013Part Number: 9780847841516Details: Accompanying a major retrospective of Anders Zorn’s work, this is the first volume in English to explore the Swedish Impressionist’s entire career in depth. Anders Zorn (1860–1920) is one of Sweden’s most accomplished and beloved artists. Renowned for his light, expressive watercolors, he attained mastery of the genre at an early age and later applied his techniques to oil painting. Zorn is often compared with the artists John Singer Sargent and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, contemporaries who also were known for their portraits of high-society figures. Taking up residence in London and then in Paris, Zorn established himself as an international portrait painter, depicting fashionable clients in a style both elegant and relaxed. He became a favorite among wealthy American collectors, bankers, a