Saturday, March 5, 2011

The palette of Anders Zorn Swedish 1860 -1920 OIl Portrait Painter of HIgh Society





White, Black, 
 Ochre and Vermillion.     






These colors made up the limited palette of Anders Zorn.








Zorn, a well known Swedish painter  painted three American Presidents.

He lived in the same time as Sargent and Sorolla.



Martha Dana
1899



"Midnatt"
(Midnight"
oil  
1891

It is amazing that he got such beautiful colors  in such a harmoniously soft painting.




"The Waltz"
The Biltmore Collection




It is wonderful practice to take these four colors of his and complete your own painting.  


Make a color chart with these four colors and learn the simplified palette of master Zorn!