Wet
Anders Zorn
1911
Medium
etching on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.8 × 11.9 cm (6 1/4 × 4 11/16 in.) sheet: 33.1 × 25.8 cm (13 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Professor Walter Bogert
Accession Number
1950.3.3
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. ...