From the back cover:

"No Swedish artist has won international fame as quickly as Anders Zorn. As a portrait painter he was soon in great demand, especially, in the USA, where he made six trips. In 1896 he settled down in Mora (Dalcarlia), and there and in the archipelago near Stockholm he painted his most popular pictures, e.g. his famous nudes. As an etcher, Anders Zorn is generally considered to be one of the greatest in modern times."