Anders Zorn

Acquired by Swedish Prime Minister Baron Gustaf Åkerhielm; by 1909 in the collections of Baroness Ebba Åkerhielm (widow after the above mentioned); acquired around 1932 by Miss Anna Lindman from Fritzes Kungl. Hovbokhandel, Stockholm; still with Anna Lindman in 1942; Engineer Rolf Lindman, Lidingö, Sweden; Bukowski Auktioner AB, Stockholm, Sale 381, ”Vårauktionen”, April 3-6 1968, lot 284; Hans Erik Börjeson Collection.

Galerie Heinemann, Munich (according to label verso); Kunstsalon, Dresden (according to label verso); VIII Esposizione Internationale d’Arte della Città di Venezia, 1909, no. 590 (according to label verso); Liljevalchs konsthall (Liljevalchs public art gallery), Stockholm, ”Invigningsutställning. Larsson-Liljefors-Zorn”, March – April 1916, no. 13; Zornmuseet, Mora, Sweden, "Anders Zorn 1860-1960. Minnesutställning", February 18 - August 15 1960, no. 52; (possibly) Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, "Anders Zorn 1860-1960. Minnesutställning", September 2 - October 23 1960; Zornmuseet, Mora, Sweden, "Zornmuseet 50 år", June 10 - August 20 1989, no. 42; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, September 3 - October 22 1989; Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, October 1989 - January 1990; Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Stockholm, "Anders Zorn. Till ögats fröjd och nationens förgyllning", September 15 - December 11 1994, no. 23; Göteborgs Konstmuseum (Gothenburg Museum of Art), "Anders Zorn", December 26 1994 - March 26 1995, no. 22; Zornmuseet, Mora, Sweden, ”Zorns mästerverk”, May 13 – September 14 2010; Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco, ”Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter”, November 9 2013 – February 2 2014; National Academy Museum, New York, ”Anders Zorn: Sweden’s Master Painter”, February 27 – May 18 2014; Petit Palais. Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, "Anders Zorn. Le maître de la peinture suédoise", September 15 - December 17 2017.

"Små konstböcker", no. 6, 1909, illustrated; Ernst Malmberg, ”Larsson-Liljefors-Zorn. En återblick”, 1919, mentioned p. 94 and illustrated full page in the plate section; Karl Asplund, ”Anders Zorn. His life and work”, 1921, mentioned p. 23 och 25 (under the title ”The Fish Market, St. Ives”); Tor Hedberg, “Anders Zorn. Ungdomstiden. 1860-1893”, SAK, 1923, mentioned p. 98-99 (under the title ”Fiskmarknad”) and illustrated full page, p. 100; Konst i svenska hem, N:o 3, 1942, listed and illustrated p. 126 under collection 136: "Fröken Anna Lindman, Strandvägen 31, Stockholm” (under the title "Fiskmarknad, Cornwall"); Gerda Boëthius, "ZORN. Tecknaren. Målaren. Etsaren. Skulptören", 1949, mentioned p. 244-246 and 248-249, illustrated full page, Fig. 91 also listed in the catalogue (erroneously) under year 1887, p. 543; Gerda Boëthius, "Anders Zorn. An international Swedish artist. His life and work", 1954, illustrated full page, Pl. 106 (under the title "Fishmarket, St. Ives”); Gerda Boëthius, “Zorn. Människan och konstnären”, 1960, mentioned p. 92 (under the title “Fiskmarknad”); Anders Zorn, "Självbiografiska anteckningar", edited with comments by Hans Henrik Brummer, 1982, mentioned p. 57-58 and 188; Hans Henrik Brummer, "ZORNMCMLXXXIX", 1989, mentioned p. 107, illustrated full page in colour, p. 106 and listed in the catalogue p. 341, no. 42; Hans Henrik Brummer, "Till ögats fröjd och nationens förgyllning - Anders Zorn", 1994, mentioned p. 120 as well as in the Chronology p. 293, illustrated full page in colour, p. 121 and listed in the catalogue p. 336, no. 23; Anders Zorn, "Självbiografiska anteckningar", edited by Birgitta Sandström, 2004, mentioned p. 89 and illustrated full page in colour, p. 88; (Ed.) Johan Cederlund, ”Zorn. Mästerverk”, 2010, mentioned p. 62 and illustrated full page in colour, p. 63; Johan Cederlund, Hans Henrik Brummer, Per Hedström and James A. Ganz, "Anders Zorn. Sweden's Master Painter", 2013, illustrated full page in colour p. 129.

Anders Zorn, born in Mora in 1860, showed artistic talent from a young age. In 1875, he traveled to Stockholm and became a student at the then Slöjdskolan (now Tekniska högskolan) in Stockholm, and shortly after, he joined the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Initially, Zorn had aspirations of becoming a sculptor, but soon watercolor painting took over, becoming his primary medium until 1887. At the student exhibition in 1880, Zorn had his breakthrough with the watercolor painting "I sorg." The following year, he gained international acclaim as a portrait painter. His watercolor painting reached its pinnacle during this period, and his most famous work from this time is "Vårt dagliga bröd” from 1886. Shortly thereafter, Zorn transitioned to oil painting, which was met with immediate success. Zorn's reputation mainly rested on his portrait art, and he portrayed many notable figures, including presidents. For instance, he created an etching of Theodore Roosevelt. His etchings significantly contributed to his success. In the late 1880s, Zorn began working in the genre that would increasingly become his trademark: nude figures in outdoor settings. He had long been fascinated by the movement of water and the reflections of light on its surface. Now, he added the complexity of placing a model near or in the water, aiming to depict a synthesis between nature and humanity. In 1896, Zorn and his wife moved back to Sweden and settled in Zorngården in Mora. This move sparked a renewed interest in his homeland, which would be reflected in his future paintings. Among the artist's scenes from the Mora region, portraying its local customs and ancient traditions, "Midsommardansen" holds the highest value according to Zorn himself. Today, the painting can be found at the National Museum.