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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-wrap: break-word;"><em>From the 15th to the 17th of September 2017, the Petit Palais dedicates a retrospective to the Swedish artist Anders Zorn (1860 - 1920). This is the first exhibition in Paris devoted to the painter since 1906.</em></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-wrap: break-word;"><em>Painter, sculptor and engraver, Anders Zorn was one of the central figures of nineteenth-century Swedish painting.</em>&nbsp;The exhibition, created by commissioners Johan Cederlund, Chrsitophe Leribault and Carl-Johan Olsson, retraces Zorn's artistic journey through 150 works.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-wrap: break-word;">Visitors will discover the genius of Zorn, remained very popular in Scandinavia. Celebrated brilliantly in San Francisco and New York in 2013 and 2014,&nbsp;<em>the artist had an undeniable talent for watercolor, social portrait, folklore singer and Swedish nature.</em>&nbsp;The exhibition also highlights his passion for engraving and photography, previously unpublished. Art lovers from Scandinavia will discover the originality of Zorn, whose work perfectly depicts the life and work of Zorn in Mora, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm and Scandinavian or French institutions. Atmosphere of its time.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-wrap: break-word;">Zorn studied at the Beaux-Arts in Stockholm thanks to his father's legacy to become a wood carver. He finally falls in love with watercolor and will continue his apprenticeship in Spain, Paris and London. In 1885 he returned to Sweden to marry Emma Lamm. The young spouses travel to Constantinople and Algiers, Zorn's true sources of inspiration. He returned to Paris in 1889, during the Universal Exhibition. Impressionism is a great success and allows it to make itself known. He obtained the Legion of Honor and returned for a final exhibition in Paris in 1906 before devoting the last years of his life to sculpture.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px; text-overflow: ellipsis; word-wrap: break-word;">Find all the detailed information on the Petit Palais website:&nbsp;<a style="background-color: transparent; color: #444444;" href="http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/expositions/anders-zorn" rel="noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/expositions/anders-zorn</a></p>
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