Anders Zorn was one of Sweden's foremost artists who obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching. His incisive ability to depict the individual character of his model is famous. The model's surroundings were important; Zorn believed that a portrait should be painted in an environment that was natural for the model. An artificial studio environment was not to his taste. The international esteem Zorn received was not based solely on his paintings but he was an exquisite etcher as well. He had worked with this technique since 1882. He had developed his abilities and was now highly accomplished. Zorn produced 289 etchings, a number of which are very well known, among them the portrait of Ernest Renan (1892), August Rodin (1906) and August Strindberg (1910). Zorn admired and collected the etched works of Rembrandt and considered him to be his artistic forefather in this particular medium.

Vol. for 1944-1946 includes pt. 4-6 of the Eldridge R. Johnson collection.

Published in conjunction with an exhibit featuring the prints that were selected for research from the estimable collection housed at the Cincinnati Art Museum. One hundred and fifty masterpieces--reproduced primarily in bandw, as close to actual size as possible--and accompanying essays (by nine scholars), are organized chronologically by century. Additionally, each essay begins with a detailed description of the object and its exhibition and publication history. Available from Publications Marketing, Cincinnati Art Museum, Eden Park Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45202. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR