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Anders Zorn / Omnibus

Omnibus

1891 · Oil on canvas

Passengers sit crowded together in a Paris omnibus, a young woman in the foreground lost in thought.

LocationStockholm, Sweden
Genreportrait
Dimensions99.5 × 66 cm

Why it matters

Four or five passengers ride a Paris omnibus: a young woman with a box in the foreground, a prostitute behind her. Both represent modern city life with its attractions and dangers.

Did you know?

  • It was painted in 1891–1892.
  • Zorn made two versions.
  • The other is in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Based on the Wikipedia article Omnibus (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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