1917
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Gopsmor Cottage is a 1917 ink by Anders Zorn, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows two people sitting on a bench in a wooded area. The trees around them are drawn with thick, crisscrossed lines, making the scene look dense and textured. One person’s face is turned slightly away, while the other faces forward, their posture relaxed. The artist used a technique that layers lines to build up shadows and light. This makes the scene feel rough and alive, like you’re looking at a sketch that was worked over and over. Check out etching to see how artists create prints like this.
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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