The prominent Swedish painter and etcher Anders Leonard Zorn is best known for his portraits of illustrious figures such as King Oscar II of Sweden and U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, as well as folk genre scenes from his hometown of Mora. He studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and began his career by painting watercolor portraits in London, where he was trained in etching by Axel Herman Haig. Zorn often created images of bathers outdoors, such as Seaward Skerries (1913), which were somewhat groundbreaking for their depictions of nude women navigating isolated and even treacherous natural landscapes. A breakthrough moment in Zorn’s career took place when he was awarded both a first class medal and the Legion of Honor for his work at the 1889 World’s Fair in Paris. After living in Paris for several years, Zorn returned to Sweden in 1896 and built a home with his wife in Mora, which now operates as a museum dedicated to the artist’s work and personal collection. Zorn’s artworks are held in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, among other institutions.