Alphonse Legros Art
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 During this period, Legros had a taste for early Netherlandish art and for French Romanticism, which was later superseded by his admiration for Claude, Poussin and Michelangelo.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.
Late 19th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Art
Pencil
Early 1900s Alphonse Legros Art
Charcoal
Early 1900s Alphonse Legros Art
Charcoal
Early 1900s Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph
1870s Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
1880s Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
1870s Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
1990s Modern Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
1990s Modern Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
19th Century American Realist Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
Late 19th Century Realist Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
1950s Modern Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph
1910s Academic Alphonse Legros Art
Etching, Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Alphonse Legros Art
Pastel, Charcoal
1930s Modern Alphonse Legros Art
Pencil
1970s Abstract Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph
1970s Modern Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph, Pencil
1870s English School Alphonse Legros Art
Paper, Charcoal
1920s Art Deco Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph
1950s Impressionist Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph
1960s Alphonse Legros Art
Paper, Lithograph
1910s Art Deco Alphonse Legros Art
Pencil, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Etching
1960s Abstract Alphonse Legros Art
Lithograph
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
Late 19th Century Romantic Alphonse Legros Art
Etching
1870s Realist Alphonse Legros Art
Laid Paper, Etching