 Self Portrait, 1889 | The son of a brewer, Anders Leonard Zorn was born near Mora in Sweden in 1860 and showed some incredible artistic talent at a very young age. He started to produce animal sculptures in wood which he used to paint with grape or strawberry juice and worked at 15 as a carpenter after the death of his father. In 1875, some brewers enabled him to join the Academy of Stockholm and Anders started to study sculpture before producing some watercolours.
Zorn left the Academy in 1881 and left for Spain when he produced many watercolours. The following year he was in London and stayed there until 1884 after exhibiting his works at the Royal Academy and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-colour. Zorn went afterwards to Lisbon and Madrid where he painted the portraits of several members of the Portuguese and Spanish aristocracies. He returned to Stockholm in 1885 and married Miss Emma Lamm with whom he went on a honeymoon in Hungary and Turkey where he fell seriously ill.
Remaining in Sweden, he made frequent trips to Spain, North Africa and England. He exhibited a painting, « Fisherman in Saint-Ypres», at the Paris Salon of 1888 and the portraits of the ballet dancer Rosita Mauri and the writer Antonin Proust, which earned him some considerable success. In 1890 he was asked to paint his portrait by the Museum of Florence and produced many interesting works during the following fifteen years.
 Zorn also continued to work as a sculptor while he met some extraordinary success during a trip to the U.S in 1892. The Swedish artist painted over 60 portraits during his six visits to the U.S and was much acclaimed at the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition during which he was awarded the French Legion of Honour.
Zorn, who had a flat in Paris between 1888 and 1896, showed much interest in the works of Degas, Renoir and Rodin who became his friend. Back in Sweden he collected many works of art and notably produced many paintings of nude female peasants and scenes showing women in their national costumes.
He also worked in Stockholm and produced many portraits there and visited Paris again in 1906. His best paintings, now much in demand throughout the world, are in fact his exquisite realistic nudes. He died in Mora in August 1920.
Note: It's difficult to find books on the wonderful Swedish artist Anders Zorn. However, I've discovered the Swedish Zorn Museum online where they offer more Zorn books than anywhere else. Unfortunately, most are not in English. Most of the links to the books below take you directly to the Zorn Museum shop.
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Anders Zorn – Paintings & Drawings by Anders Zorn (Author, Illustrator) – Paperback: 113 pages; Independently published (May 19, 2018) The works of Swedish painter, sculptor, printmaker and etcher Anders Leonard Zorn (18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920). All In One composite 4th edition.
Anders Zorn: 100 Figure Drawings & Paintings by Raya Yotova – Paperback: 84 pages; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (May 10, 2018) Anders Leonard Zorn (1860 –1920) was Sweden’s artist who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching. From 1875–1880 Zorn studied at Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, Sweden. He traveled extensively to London, Paris, the Balkans, Spain, Italy and the United States, becoming an international success as one of the most acclaimed painters of his era.
Anders Zorn, 101 Etchings by Anders Zorn, James Gurney (Foreword) – Paperback: 128 pages; Dover Publications (Nov 14, 2018) The "painters' painter," Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860–1920) studied at the Stockholm Royal Academy of Art and took up residence in London and Paris, where he established an international roster of high-society clients. His striking portraits rivaled those of his contemporary, John Singer Sargent, in their popularity. Zorn excelled at both watercolor and oil painting, and his etchings are of the highest quality.
Anders Zorn: Sweden's Master Painter by Johan Cederlund, Hans Hendrik Brummer, Per Hedstrom, James A. Gan, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco – Hardcover: 224 pages; Skira Rizzoli (Oct 29, 2013) Best Seller 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.
Anders Zorn by Hans Henrik Brummer – Hardcover: 341 pages; Norstedts (1994)
Anders Zorn by Herausgegeben von Jens Christian Jensen, Anders Zorn (Painter) – Hardcover: 237 pages; Prestel-Verlag (1990) Language: German Paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings
| Anders Zorn: 300 Plates by Maria Peitcheva – Paperback: 90 pages; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (Jan 27, 2016) Anders Zorn was one of Sweden’s foremost artists who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching. His incisive ability to depict the individual character of his model is famous. The model's surroundings were important; Zorn believed that a portrait should be painted in an environment that was natural for the model.
Anders Zorn: 124 Paintings In Colour by Arron Adams – Paperback: 82 pages; CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1st edition (Jan 20, 2015) His fame abroad is founded mostly on his portraiture where he had the ability to capture the character and the personality of the depicted person. But also his graphic work, where he is among the most talented of all times, is well-known. Known as the "Swedish Impressionist", the painter Anders Zorn is best known for his alfresco nudes. These female figures were mainly depicted outdoors, using the plein air painting technique, often by the sea and in natural light. He strove to reflect a synthesis between nature and the human body manipulating paint onto canvas with rapid brushstrokes.
Realism Master: Anders Zorn by Arthur Weis Books – Paperback: 86 pages; Independently published (Aug 12, 2019) . Anders Leonard Zorn 18 February 1860 – 22 August 1920) was one of Sweden's foremost artists. He obtained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etcherAmong Zorn's portrait subjects were King Oscar II of Sweden, and three American Presidents, Grover Cleveland, William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt.At the end of his life, he established the Swedish literary Bellman Prize in 1920.
Anders Zorn A European Artist Seduces America by Oliver Tostmann -Paperback: 176 pages; Paul Holberton Publishing (Jan 2013) The catalogue features fifty of Zorn's works, such as Omnibus I, for which Zorn won a prize at the 1892 Salon in Paris, and Ice Skater (1898), which has never before left Sweden, combining for the first time major pieces from American collections with those of Europe, such as Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; the National museum, Stockholm; Zornmuseet, Mora; and Goteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenberg.
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