Auguste Rodin

Alphonse Legros, Impressionist Etching by Auguste Rodin

1881

Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Antonin Proust (State Seven), Year: 1884-1888, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 6.75 x 4.25 inches, Size: 10.25 x 8 in. (26.04 x 20.32 cm), Referen...

Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Victor Hugo, de Face (State 5), Year: 1885, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed in the plate, Edition: 60, Image Size: 8 x 6.25 inches, Size: 17...

John Phillip, Scottish (1817 - 1867) - Auguste Rodin. Medium: Lithograph, signed, numbered and titled in pencil mounted to board, Edition: 1/10, Image Size: 12.25 x 9.75 inches, Size...

Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Victor Hugo, de Face (State 6), Year: 1885, Medium: Etching, signed in the plate, Image Size: 9 x 6.25 inches, Size: 17.25 x 11.75 in. (43.82 ...

Medium: original etching and drypoint. Executed in 1885 and printed on thin china paper, this is an exceptionally rare state with the figure study of a child etched at the bottom lef...

Medium: original lithograph. This impression was printed in 1904 and published in Paris by the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Image size: 10 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches (257 x 198 mm). Thi...

Medium: original etching. Executed ca. 1880; this is a good impression with full original margins on laid paper from "The Portfolio" edition, published in London by Seeley, Jackson &...

Extase Poétique is an original artwork realized by the french artist Alphonse Legros (1837-1911). Etching print, 1876. Hand-signed on plate, on the lower left , titled on plate. Passepartout cm 50x32. The artwork was edited by A. Cadart Paris. Good conditions except some light foxings. Alphonse Legros was born on May 8, 1837 in Dijon, France. While young, Legros visited the farms of his relatives, and the peasants and landscapes of that part of France are the subjects of many of his works. He was sent to the art school at Dijon with a view to qualifying for a trade, and was apprenticed to an interior decorator. In 1851, Legros left for Paris, but passing through Lyon he worked for six months as journeyman muralist for painter/art restorer Jean-Baptiste Beuchot, who was painting the chapel of Cardinal Bonald in the cathedral.In Paris, Legros studied with theater scene painter Charles-Antoine. He attended also the drawing-school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran (the "Petite école") where he found made friends with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin. In 1855, he attended the evening classes of the École des Beaux Arts.Legros sent two portraits to the Paris Salon of 1857: one was rejected, and formed part of the exhibition of protest organized by Francois Bonvin...