Travelling Companion (Mr. Ch. Deering)
1904
Medium
Etching in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image/plate: 19.9 × 15.1 cm (7 7/8 × 6 in.); Sheet: 32.7 × 25.2 cm (12 7/8 × 9 15/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
195889
Art Historical Context
Anders Zorn's *Travelling Companion (Mr Ch. Deering)*, created in 1904, is a masterful etching that captures the intimate portrait of its subject with remarkable immediacy. The Swedish artist, renowned for his realist style blending impressionistic light effects with precise draftsmanship, produced this work on ivory laid paper, where the subtle texture enhances the velvety blacks and delicate tones. Measuring just under 20 x 15 cm for the plate, its compact scale invites close viewing, revealing Zorn's virtuosic line work that suggests both texture and personality. Etching was one of Zorn's ...
About the Artist
Anders Zorn · 1860–1920
Anders Zorn (1860–1920), one of Sweden's most celebrated artists, was born on February 18 in Utmeland near Mora in Dalarna, and raised on his maternal grandparents' farm in the nearby hamlet of Yvraden. Displaying prodigious talent from a young age, he attended school in Mora Strand until age twelve, followed by secondary grammar school in Enköping, where he excelled in drawing people and horses. ...