Anders Zorn, 1897 - Midsummer Dance - fine art print

The modern art painting was painted by Anders Zorn in 1897. The original has the size: Height: 140 cm (55,1 ″); Width: 98 cm (38,5 ″) Framed: Height: 181 cm (71,2 ″); Width: 145 cm (57 ″); Depth: 10 cm (3,9 ″). It belongs to the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm. This modern art public domain artpiece is being provided with courtesy of Nationalmuseum Stockholm & Wikimedia Commons.Besides, the artpiece has the following creditline: . The alignment is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The photographer, engraver, painter, sculptor, watercolourist Anders Zorn was an artist, whose artistic style was mainly Impressionism. The European painter was born in 1860 in Mora, Dalarna, Sweden and passed away at the age of 60 in the year 1920.

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English: In his autobiographical notes, Anders Zorn writes about how the idea for the painting was born: "This work was painted in June and part of July after sunset and I am pleased to have done it. I had just given Morkarlby a new maypole. It was painted red every Midsummer and I realised and still realise that it is my solemn duty to be present and to lead the dressing of said pole. My farmhand, dear Verner, was in charge of raising the maypole on the stroke of midnight on Midsummer night. Once it was up, a reel was played and people danced hand-in-hand around the maypole and the yards in an endless snake of youngsters. Then there was dancing in one of the yards until sunrise. This is what my painting portrays." Zorn does not put the maypole at the centre of his Midsummer Dance. His message is all about the experience of the dance, the scents of a summer night and the light. He completed this painting in 1897. Nationalmuseum received the work Midsummer Dance as a gift from the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1903. There is a replica in a rather smaller format in private ownership, commissioned by an American collector in 1903. Anders Zorn har i sina självbiografiska anteckningar skrivit om hur idén till målningen föddes: ”Denna tavla målades då under juni och en del av juli månad efter solnedgången och jag är glad att ha gjort den. Jag hade just då gett Morkarlby en ny majstång. Den målades röd varje midsommar och jag ansåg och anser fortfarande som min heliga plikt att närvara och leda klädningen av densamma. För resningen kl 12 midsommarnatten har min dräng, den käre Verner, fått vara överste. När den väl var rest spelades upp en polska och en långdans dansades kring stången och in på gårdarna, en ändlös orm av ungdom. Sedan dansades inne på någon gård till soluppgången. Se där vad min tavla föreställer.” I Zorns Midsommardans är inte majstången i centrum, utan det är upplevelsen av dansen, av sommarnattens dofter och av ljuset som är hans budskap. Nationalmuseum fick målningen i gåva av Konstakademien 1903. I privat ägo finns en replik i något mindre format, ursprungligen beställd av en amerikansk samlare samma år.

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