Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
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 During this period, Legros had a taste for early Netherlandish art and for French Romanticism, which was later superseded by his admiration for Claude, Poussin and Michelangelo.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.
1990s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1990s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1870s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1880s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1860s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Pencil
Early 1900s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
19th Century American Realist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Realist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1980s American Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching, Aquatint
Mid-20th Century American Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Handmade Paper, Etching
20th Century American Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Drypoint, Etching
20th Century American Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Drypoint, Etching
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1970s Pop Art Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Pencil, Graphite, Screen
1970s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Pencil, Lithograph
Late 19th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
20th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching, Aquatint
1860s Impressionist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Barbizon School Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Romantic Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1870s Realist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Laid Paper, Etching