1896
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Bather III (Baigneuse de Dos) is a 1896 ink by Anders Zorn, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a woman’s back and head turned slightly to the side. Her hair is drawn in quick, overlapping lines, and her skin is suggested with light shading. The background has a few loose strokes that might be plants or trees, but they’re barely there. The artist used a technique where ink sits on raised lines, creating a scratchy, textured look. This isn’t a smooth painting—it’s more like a drawing pressed into the paper. Next, look up etching to see how this method works.
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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