Emma, Girl from Mora
1897
Medium
Etching on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 22.5 × 17.5 cm (8 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.); Sheet: 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41775
Art Historical Context
Anders Zorn's *Emma, Girl from Mora (1897) captures the essence of everyday Swedish rural life through the portrait of a young girl from Mora, Zorn's hometown in Dalarna. As a leading figure in late 19th-century Swedish art, Zorn was celebrated for his masterful depictions of women in natural, unposed settings, blending realism with a luminous sensitivity to light and texture. This etching his fascination with the people and landscapes of Mora, evoking a sense of national and folk tradition during Sweden's fin-de-siècle cultural renaissance. Printed as an etching on luxurious ivory laid paper...
About the Artist
Anders Zorn · 1860–1920
Anders Zorn (1860–1920), one of Sweden's most celebrated artists, was born on February 18 in Utmeland near Mora in Dalarna, and raised on his maternal grandparents' farm in the nearby hamlet of Yvraden. Displaying prodigious talent from a young age, he attended school in Mora Strand until age twelve, followed by secondary grammar school in Enköping, where he excelled in drawing people and horses. ...