Friday, October 26, 2007

Anders Leonard Zorn
Anders Zorn (February 18, 1860, MoraAugust 22, 1920) was a Swedish painter and printmaker in etching who painted portraits of, among others, three American Presidents, including Grover Cleveland in 1899. The Zorn Collections in Mora (Dalarna, Sweden) is a museum dedicated to the works of Anders Zorn. He has become famous for his nude paintings and vivid depictions of water. Some of Zorn's most important works can be seen at Nationalmuseum (National Museum of Fine Arts) in Stockholm, Sweden. There is also a painting by him at Musée d'Orsay in Paris.

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