Artist: Anders Zorn (1860–1920)
Title: English – Landscape Study from Mora (Swedish: Landskap studie av Mora)
Genre: landscape painting
Date: 1886
Medium: watercolor paint
Dimensions: height: 30.3 cm (11.9 in)
Collection: Nationalmuseum (Stockholm)
Inscriptions: Signature and date bottom right: Zorn … 86
What I love about this painting:
This is a beautifully depicted scene of calmness, of serenity. Summer has arrived, and the forest pond is thriving. All around, the birds and insects go about their business, enjoying nature’s bounty while it lasts.
Here on the shore, we sit and contemplate nothing. Our minds are momentarily free of the noise of modern life. We savor the sense of freedom, knowing we will return to our cities and obligations when our brief sojourn in nature’s embrace is over.
But that will be later. For the moment, we will rest in mind, body, and spirit.
About the Artist, via Wikipedia:
Zorn was born in Mora, Sweden, between the lakes of Siljan and Orsasjön. He studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm from 1875 to 1880, and then spent time travelling in Europe, painting watercolours and society portraits in London, Paris and Madrid.
He returned to Sweden in 1885, and on 16 October, he married Emma Zorn (née Lamm) (1860 – 1942). After spending their honeymoon abroad, in eastern Europe and Turkey, they returned to Sweden in 1886, spending time with Emma’s family at Dalarö, before settling near Mora, where their house, which is now the home of the Zorn Collections, is located. [1]
To read more about the life of this artist, go to: Anders Zorn – Wikipedia
Credits and Attributions:
IMAGE: Wikimedia Commons contributors, “File:Anders Zorn Landschaftsstudie aus Mora 1886.jpg,” Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Anders_Zorn_Landschaftsstudie_aus_Mora_1886.jpg&oldid=1053810633 (accessed August 13, 2026).
[1] Wikipedia contributors, “Anders Zorn,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anders_Zorn&oldid=1366818498 (accessed August 13, 2026).
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