voices in watercolor: rackham, dulac, dore, zorn and stephen scott young

Voices in WatercolorAnders Zorn

Arthur Rackham

Edmund Dulac

Gustav Dore

Stephen Scott Young

Glenn Hirsch, Instructor

Anders Zorn

(Swedish, 1860 - 1920)

Zorn was one of the most acclaimed portrait painters of his era. He painted three American Presidents, nobility, the Swedish king and queen, family, friends, and self-portraits. Zorn is also famous for his nude paintings. The paintings have the freedom and energy of sketches, using warm and cool light and shade areas with a profound understanding of color and reflected light. His use of the brush evokes reflected and transmitted light (especially in his paintings of water).

Arthur Rackham

(English, 1867-1939)

Widely known for exquisite children’s book illustration.

Edmund Dulac

(French, 1882-1953)

Illustrator, especially known for the evocative atmosphere created by

color.

Gustav Doré

(French: 1832 - 1883)

Stephen Scott Young (American, 1957 - )

Best known for watercolors and etchings evoking everyday life in the southern U.S. and in The Bahamas. Often focusing on themes including coming of age, class, race, and social conditions, Young's work is noted for its realist use of watercolor and eloquent simplicity of subject matter done in the American realist tradition. Young's attention to detail and composition are reminiscent of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, and Andrew Wyeth.