Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon

ID: #11207 | Modern artists | Portraits

Date: 1897
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 170.8 x 108

The painting depicts a woman dressed in a bright, flower-embellished dress, sitting in a soft chair. Her dark hair is pulled up in a low style, and a dog that looks like a collie rests on her lap. The woman has her gaze turned slightly towards the viewer and is holding a long floral stem. The background is dark with few details, which draws the attention mostly to the woman and dog in the portrait.

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Zorn painted picture Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon in 1897. Prevailing color of this fine art print is vivid and its shape is portrait. Original size is 170.8 x 108. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Anders Zorn (1860-1920) was a Swedish modern portraitist and likely the most famous artist internationally. He came from a family of farmers and brewers. At 15, he was developing his extraordinary talent at the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm. He chose a somewhat unusual technique for the time: watercolour. Already in 1880, he came to attention for his talent during the student competition. He studied alternately in England and Spain in order to obtain the means to support his family, while creating his distinctive style of painting. At the beginning of the 20th century, he painted a series of pictures of naked female bathers - Skärgårdsblomster or After the Bath. For a long time, he lived in Paris and for his artistic contributions, he was awarded the Legion of Honour. After his stay in Paris, he went to the USA, where he exhibited and travelled. His reputation enabled him to paint portraits of American presidents Grover Cleveland and William Taft. In his old age he lived at home in Sweden, where he died of worsening health problems. His funeral was attended by the royal family and other dignitaries.