1890
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
The Artist and His Wife is a 1890 by Anders Zorn, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a man and a woman sitting close together. The man’s face is lit sharply, with a strong beard and a pipe in his hand. The woman’s face is softer, half-hidden in shadow, her hair pulled back. The lines are rough and scratchy, like quick pencil strokes. The artist used bold light and dark contrasts to focus on the man’s face. This style makes the scene feel intimate and slightly mysterious. Next, look up chiaroscuro to see how this technique works in other art.
Anders Leonard Zorn was born in February 1860 in Mora, Dalarna, the illegitimate son of a Bavarian brewer and a Swedish farmer's daughter; his mother died shortly after his birth, and his grandparents raised him.
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