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Anders Zorn

@anderszorn.bsky.social
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Fan account of Anders Zorn, one of Sweden's foremost artists. He obtained international success as a painter, sculptor, and etcher. 1860-1920 Automated #artbot thanks to @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 7h
Girls Bathing in the Open Air (Out of Doors) ; Bathing Girls, Outside ; Outdoors kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+I+535
Girls Bathing in the Open Air (Out of Doors) ; Bathing Girls, Outside ; Outdoors
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 8h
Dalecarlian Girl Knitting. Cabbage Margit collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
  
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 12h
Mme. Olga Bratt clevelandart.org/art/1987.171
Mme. Olga Bratt
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 14h
Gunnlod www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/gunn…
Gunnlod
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Herny Marquand clevelandart.org/art/1937.645
Herny Marquand
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Olga Bratt collections.artsmia.org/art/58438
Olga Bratt
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Bedouin Girl collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
Beskrivning på inventarieblankett: Akvarellen föreställer en kvinna i slöja. Litteratur: Gerda Boëthius: Zorn - Tecknaren - Målaren - Etsaren - Skulptören, Stockholm 1949, katalogiserad under år 1886 på sidan 541 Hans Henrik Brummer: Zorn MCMLXXXIX, Stockholm 1989, omnämnd och avbildad på sidan 81, avbildad på samma sida Hans Henrik Brummer: Till ögats fröjd och nationens förgyllning - Anders Zorn, Stockholm 1994, omnämnd på sidan 99, avbildad på sidan 102 Birgitta Sandström: Zorn och Orienten, Zornsamlingarna, Mora 2000, avbildad på sidan 15  
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Mr Henry Clay Pierce collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
  
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Red sand www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/red-…
Red sand
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mme. Simon II collections.artsmia.org/art/58439
Mme. Simon II
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Sensitive to cold www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/sens…
Sensitive to cold
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Guitar player www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/guit…
Guitar player
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mrs Symons www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/mrs-…
Mrs Symons
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bust www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/bust…
Bust
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A Toast in the Idun Society collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
  
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Omnibus www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/omni…
Omnibus
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dance in Gopsmor www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/danc…
Dance in Gopsmor
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Mona www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/mona…
Mona
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Kaikroddare www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/kaik…
Kaikroddare
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Première clevelandart.org/art/1937.647
Première
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Mora Fair www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/the-…
The Mora Fair
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Edward R. Bacon (1846–1915) www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
Bequest of Virginia Purdy Bacon, 1919
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Portrait Of Edith Palgrave Edward In Her London Residence www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/port…
Portrait Of Edith Palgrave Edward In Her London Residence
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The Battleship baltimore In Stockholm Harbor www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/the-…
The Battleship baltimore In Stockholm Harbor
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Paul Verlaine II collections.artsmia.org/art/58425
Paul Verlaine II
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Augustus Saint-Gaudens collections.artsmia.org/art/58432
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In Werner's Rowing Boat www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/in-w…
In Werner's Rowing Boat
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Painter Bruno Liljefors www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/the-…
The Painter Bruno Liljefors
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Christmas Morning Service www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/chri…
Christmas Morning Service
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mr Frans R. Heiss collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
  
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Mona www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/mona…
Mona
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Swan collections.artsmia.org/art/59333
The Swan
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After the Bath collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
Anders Zorn has come to be associated with paintings of nude young women bathing. In his early paintings on this theme, such as After the Bath from 1895, the women seem unaware of the spectator. They are not posing, but are simply captured on canvas while undressing or concentrating on getting out of the water. This spontaneous character is naturally false, and the nudity is a vital element in the painting. Nevertheless, these paintings are not primarily erotic; instead, the emphasis is on the effect of light. The nude body is hazy, to serve as a sculptural shape in the play of light and shadow in the overall composition.
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In Top Capu www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/in-t…
In Top Capu
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Emma Lamm in a straw hat www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/emma…
Emma Lamm in a straw hat
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mrs. John Crosby Brown (Mary Elizabeth Adams, 1842–1918) www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
Bequest of Eliza Coe Moore, 1959
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Girl from Mora www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/a-gi…
A Girl from Mora
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Portrait Study of a Man www.artic.edu/artworks/75980
Anonymous gift
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Castles in the Air collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
Zorn worked primarily in watercolours during the 1880s. With virtuosity, he portrayed reflections and other light effects in images of everyday situations. The model here is Emma Lamm, who married Zorn in October 1885. The watercolour was painted the same year, quite possibly on their honey-moon, which took the couple via Vienna and Budapest to Constantinople. The viewer is looking up, at an angle, at Emma with the light behind her. The sun shines through her Japanese parasol with its painted decoration.
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Girl in an Orsa Costume www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/girl…
Girl in an Orsa Costume
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Portrait Of a Christian De Falbe www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/a-po…
A Portrait Of a Christian De Falbe
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Waltz www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/walt…
Waltz
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Girl from Älvdalen collections.artsmia.org/art/1242
At the turn of the 20th century, Sweden was swept by a wave of nationalism. This movement, which was partially a reaction to the rapid development of industrialism, was led and supported by writers, musicians, and artists who were keen to preserve the country's cultural heritage. In 1896, Anders Zorn moved to Mora, a picturesque village in central Sweden. Zorn sought to uphold the traditional culture of the region through his paintings of daily life and folk customs, which often featured local females at their work in the field or in the home. The Girl from Älvdalen, with its accurate rendering of the traditional costume of the neighboring Älvdalen parish, is entirely typical of Zorn's interest in folk culture.
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
In Mourning collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
  
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Rouva Granberg kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=RAMSAY+616
Rouva Granberg
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kråkbergin Anna Morasta kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=RAMSAY+615
Kråkbergin Anna Morasta
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The First Time kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=A+II+1516
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Woman in a Forest www.wikiart.org/en/anders-zorn/a-wo…
A Woman in a Forest
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Self-portrait collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMuseu…
Dazzlingly bright slanting sunlight illuminates the artist’s white smock and highlights the side of his forehead. But Zorn’s studio is gloomy, and shapes and details are hard to discern. In the background, his model, an Italian girl, sits with her long, auburn hair wrapped around her. Zorn’s self-portrait was exhibited in Stockholm in 1897.
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Anders Zorn @anderszorn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Omnibus clevelandart.org/art/1937.646
Omnibus
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