Contains nudity
Figure Studies
With Mother
Anders Zorn
A serene impressionist study of a mother and child wading through shimmering, silvery waters.
The First Time
Anders Zorn
1888 · Oil Paint, Canvas
A tender, impressionistic scene of a mother and child wading into the sea by Anders Zorn.
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Where it works
A calm artwork with moderate presence with softened warm notes — asks little of the space around it.
- Often works in
- Bedroom · Living Room · Bathroom
- Placement
- Reads naturally where the wall has more height than width
- Walls
- Best with clear wall contrast
- Color notes
- Soft gray, Soft sage, Olive green
About the piece
Painted in 1888, this oil on canvas by Swedish master Anders Zorn captures a quiet, intimate moment as a woman guides a child into the water for the first time. The work is celebrated for its luminous handling of light on skin and the reflective surface of the water, rendered with the artist's characteristic fluid brushwork and a soft, naturalistic palette.
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