1891
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Storm (L'orage) is a 1891 ink by Anders Zorn, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a lone rider on a horse galloping through rough, windy terrain. The background is filled with jagged, chaotic lines that look like stormy weather. The horse and rider are simple shapes, almost like quick scribbles. The artist used a technique that scratches directly into metal plates instead of painting. This makes the lines look sharp and textured, like the storm itself. Next, look up etching to see how artists create prints this way.
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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