Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), Later Mrs. Felix M. Warburg

Anders Zorn

1894 · Oil on canvas · European Paintings

Zorn made his reputation as a portrait painter. Fashionable people of wealth on both sides of the Atlantic vied for sittings, knowing that the result would be a picture less theatrical than a portrait by Boldini but more vivid than one by Sargent. Zorn often gave his portraits a sense of immediacy by depicting the subject as if he or she were just entering the room, thus directly addressing the viewer. This portrait was painted in 1894 on Zorn's first trip to America.

Artist

Anders Zorn

Date

1894

Medium

Oil on canvas

Department

European Paintings

Credit line

Bequest of Carola Warburg Rothschild, 1987