Les suédoises…

…de Zorn !

Je vous ai parlé de Sorolla avec ses tableaux pleins de la lumière de Valence. Et aussi de la Cornouaille avec Scott Tuke. http://babone5go2.blogspot.fr/2013/09/bains-de-mer.html. Il manquait à mon panorama un voyage en Suède, pays aux mers froides, mais des rivières où l’on peut se baigner. Et des saunas...où vont se réchauffer les jeunes suédoises !

                     les suédoises de Zorn !

Anders Leonard Zorn est né à Utmeland près de Mora en 1860, et mort à Stockholm en août 1920. Ca ne s’invente pas, toujours la période préférée de l’Art nouveau !

Je continue en Anglais, car vous aurez observé que les notices Wikipedia ont un contenu différent selon la langue, et celle en Français est beaucoup plus concise que celle en Anglais, sans doute parce que personne n’a eu le courage de traduire. Vous allez me dire que je n’ai qu’à m’y mettre, mais je préfère le charme du dépaysement qui suit, ce n’est pas très difficile de suivre en lisant lentement : “from 1875–1880 Zorn studied at Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, Sweden. He traveled extensively to London, Paris, the Balkans, Spain, Italy and the United States, becoming an international success as one of the most acclaimed painters of his era. While his early works were often brilliant, luminous watercolors, by 1887 he had switched firmly to oils. Zorn painted portraits, as well as scenes depicting rustic life and customs. Zorn is also famous for his nude paintings and realistic depictions of water”.

Yes, c’est ce qui m’a frappe comme tout le monde, d’où les paysages aquatiques mais aussi les beautés suédoises qui vont me servir d’illustration !

le port de Hambourg

“It was primarily his skill as a portrait painter that gained Zorn international acclaim based principally upon his incisive ability to depict the individual character of his model. His subjects included three American Presidents, one of whom was Grover Cleveland in 1899, as well as his wife, along with William H. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt. At 29, he was made Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur at the Exposition Universelle 1889 Paris”, je vous joins l’autoportrait où Zorn a mis en évidence un ruban rouge dont il est manifestement très fier !

“His art made him wealthy and he was thus able to build up a considerable collection of art. The objects were not only bought in his native country but also during the many travels he made abroad. In their joint will, Anders and Emma Zorn donated their entire holdings to the Swedish State.

Some of his most important works can be seen at the National Museum of Fine Arts (Swedish:Nationalmuseum) in Stockholm. Among them is Midsummer Dance (1897), a depiction of dancers in the evening light of a rural Midsummer Eve celebration. Other museums holding major works by Zorn include the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, (trois tableaux dont une belle femme nue au ruban rouge qui se coiffe après le bain) the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Zorn Collections (Swedish:Zornsamlingarna) located in Mora and Garberg, Älvdalen, consist of four museums dedicated to the life and works of Anders Zorn. The main museum - Zornmuseet - was designed by Ragnar Östberg and opened in 1939. Shown there, are extensive works of Zorn and his collected art by Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, 'The Hovingham Master' (Poussin's follower), Bruno Liljefors, Albert Edelfelt, and Pehr Hilleström.

In 1886, Anders Zorn and his wife Emma, had bought land close to Mora church and here they moved a cottage from his maternal grandfather's farm. When Anders and Emma Zorn decided to return to Sweden after several years abroad, they began to enlarge the cottage. Zorngården was completed in 1910.

Zorngården remains today much as it was at the time of Emma Zorn's death in 1942. It is a fine example of an artist's home from the turn of the century. With inspiration from English and Swedish architecture, it is today an excellent example of the architectural freedom that characterizes the years around 1900.

Un petit voyage à Stockolm ?

http://zorn.se/