Alphonse LegrosTree of Life - Drawing by Alphonse Legros - Late 19th centuryLate 19th century
Late 19th century
About the Item
- Creator:Alphonse Legros (1837 - 1911, British)
- Creation Year:Late 19th century
- Dimensions:Height: 11.42 in (29 cm)Width: 8.67 in (22 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)
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- Gallery Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: T-1413901stDibs: LU650312841132
Alphonse Legros
Alphonse Legros was a British etcher, painter, sculptor and teacher of French birth. In 1855, he enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris. During this period, Legros had a taste for early Netherlandish art and for French Romanticism, which was later superseded by his admiration for Claude, Poussin and Michelangelo. However, his devotion to Holbein proved constant. Legros began etching in 1855; he preferred this medium and produced over 600 plates. Many of his early works are deliberately rough in execution. Legros emerged as a leader of the younger generation of realists, notwithstanding his conspicuous dependence on Courbet. However, this critical success brought no financial security, and in 1863, Legros visited London where he found admirers and patrons. Legros resolved to remain in London. In 1876, Edward John Poynter recommended Legros to succeed him as Professor of Fine Art at the Slade School. Legros occupied this position until 1893 and introduced etching and modeling to the syllabus. He was a founder-member of the Society of Painter-Etchers in 1881 and of the Society of Medallists in 1885; the revival of the cast art medal was due almost entirely to his example. With its classically inspired economy of form and design, Legros's interpretation of his realist subject-matter exerted a decisive influence in England on the representation of peasant life in the 1880s. He had a taste for the macabre. In the etchings Death of the Vagabond and Death and the Wood-cutter, these themes coalesce in a stark blend of realism and fantasy which is simultaneously elevated and humane.
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