Now, finally has the elevator arrived. The stairs was about to become a personal inferno.
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| Birth: | 18th February, 1860 |
| Death: | 22nd August, 1920 |
| Nationality: | Swedish |
| Profession: | Artist, Painter, Sculptor |
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Anders Leonard Zorn was born and raised on his grandparents' farm in Yvraden, a hamlet near the village of Utmeland in the parish of Mora, Dalarna. He was one of Sweden’s foremost artists. He obtained international success as a painter, sculptor and printmaker in etching. He studied until the age of twelve in the school at Mora Strand before progressing in the autumn of 1872 to a secondary grammar school in Enköping. From 1875 to 1880 Zorn studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, where he amazed this teachers with his talent. In their joint will, Anders and Emma Zorn donated their entire holdings to the Swedish State. Some of his most important works can be seen at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Stockholm.
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