Zorn and His Wife
1890
Medium
Etching on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 30.3 × 20 cm (11 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 21 cm (12 7/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Sheet: 63 × 45 cm (24 13/16 × 17 3/4 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
41564
Art Historical Context
Anders Zorn's *Zorn and His Wife* (1890) is a tender etching capturing the artist alongside his spouse in an intimate double portrait. Created during Zorn's prolific period as a leading Swedish printmaker, the work reflects the late 19th-century fascination with personal expression in art. Zorn, renowned for his realist style infused with luminous effects reminiscent of Impressionism, often turned to etching to explore everyday subjects with profound psychological depth. Printed on luxurious ivory wove paper, this etching measures 30.3 × 20 cm for the image, with a larger plate and sheet allo...
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. ...