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Inspiration From Artists Wk 148 Bonus Artist Andre’s Leonard Zorn .
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Welcome to the first thread of the year ,what a bonus artist to have start the year .
Anders Leonard Zorn 1860-1920.
Was a Swedish artist who attained international success as a painter , sculptor and etching artist.
From 1875 - 1880 , Zorn studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts Stockholm .
It was primarily his skill as a portrait artist that gained him international acclaim.
The Zorn pallet is ascribed to him but he wasn’t the first to use it nor did he use it exclusively, however he was an artist who greatly excelled with it.
Zorn pallet, black, white,red and yellow .
I hope you enjoy my selection of his work .
A self portrait.
A self portrait.
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Paul's second example, the lady stacking hay got me thinking. When I started out with acrylics, back in the late 1970s, I didn't buy a green, not because of any principle but simply because I couldn't afford to buy every colour I might need, and advice was 'you can always mix a green'. It is something I have stuck with, though of late, for no good reason what-so-ever, I have not been painting. But the question was, even though Paul has pointed out Zorn did not use the 'Zorn palette' exclusively, to what extent did he mix all his greens?
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I'll have a guess - if he used a ready-made green at all, it would probably have been Viridian: which on its own is the colour of a municipal park bench, but mixed with yellows, or reds and oranges, it produces a marvellous range of colour. It wouldn't have been cheap, and is nowadays extremely expensive, so many substitute Pthalo/Winsor/Monastral Green for it (which wouldn't have been available to Zorn). He might have used Emerald Green, or Sap Green - but these are mixed colours, and can be almost anything; so that's not overly helpful if you're trying to get near to Zorn. Other greens include Terre Verte; Alizarin Green (which I haven't seen in years), Cobalt Green, Chrome Green (a possible for Zorn), Oxide of Chromium, or Cadmium Green - very unlikely I would have thought. What I'm really saying there is, if I'd been Zorn, I'd have used Viridian: it mixes beautifully with the Yellow Ochre he used; and can be used with black - not so sure about Vermilion, which he used rather than Cadmium Red.
A mix of Zorn's black with Yellow Ochre will give a dirty green, at a pinch, but the greens shown above weren't mixed that way. There's an online source (which I just checked) which claims he used those two colours for his greens, but I think it unlikely; and a scientific study (again, just checked) of paintings in which he used green show chrome green and Viridian, and Paolo Veronese Green (whatever that may be and wherever you can get it - Maimeri or Old Holland [or both] probably have it). The self-portrait above, of Zorn in a green waistcoat, looks very like Chrome Green, perhaps heightened with a touch of yellow and dulled in places with ... could be viridian, could be black, could be red!
Really, the Zorn palette seems to be the one he primarily used for flesh - in his day, it would have been Ivory Black, Vermilion, Yellow Ochre, and Flake (lead) white. Today, most people substitute Cadmium Red Light for Vermilion, and Titanium or other white for the Flake, because both pigments are hard to find now. Just a thought - when I ran out of Ivory Black, I used Ultramarine in a modified Zorn palette - you'll have to take my word for it that it worked quite well, if a little idiosyncratically, because I don't have the painting or a record of it anymore. You've got to be careful not to turn it purple, of course - it'll make your portrait subject look as if they've been in a fight.
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by Robert Jones, Napa
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There's a good article here (https://streamlinepublishing.com/inside-art/so-much-for-the-zorn-palette/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CBased%20on%20the%20technical%20examination,green%2C%20chrome%20green%2C%20viridian%2C)
and it incorporates a review of a book on Zorn which looks very interesting.
Sorry it's a huge link, I've forgotten how to just embed and shorten these things, and as I lost a lot of sleep last night thanks to a rat dancing the light fantastic in the lath and plaster, I'm a bit more on the dozy side than usual - don't blame him, it was cold and who wouldn't want to come indoors .... but I can't say he was as welcome a guest as he might have been.
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Zorn’s work selected by Dixie, is wonderful. I was aware of and have used the so called Zorn palette for portraits but hadn’t actually seen much of his other work. His use of directional marks in his drawings is interesting too. I shall have a look at some more.
Here are a few I’ve found.
I would have like to follow Robert’s link but can’t access that!
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by Tessa Gwynne
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I never looked at his work before researching for this thread , I had seen the occasional painting .
I made the assumption that his work would be quite dark and associated it with the pallet bearing his name, how wrong and misguided can you , I would not have looked at his work if it wasn’t for this thread .
I have discovered so many artists and gained so much from the work involved running the thread with Jenny , I’ve liked at artist , styles of painting, and the many different materials and combinations of materials. To be honest it’s been a free art education, I have Dawn initially supporting the idea and POL for letting it run so long I will thank all the people who contribute by sharing their choices of artists and their introductions to them .
Back to Zorn , I was quite surprised and delighted with a lot his work I came across and hope that yiu are enjoying viewing some of it , do please look online and pick something you particularly like . It’s so good having your input and support it means a lot to me and I know Jenny finds it rewarding when we have a good response.
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