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 During this period, Legros had a taste for early Netherlandish art and for French Romanticism, which was later superseded by his admiration for Claude, Poussin and Michelangelo.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.
Late 19th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Pencil
Early 1900s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1880s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1870s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1870s Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1990s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
1990s Modern 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
19th Century American Realist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 19th Century Realist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Etching
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1970s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Pencil
1980s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Graphite, Lithograph, Pencil
1980s Art Deco Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Foil
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Mid-20th Century Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Offset, Lithograph, Pencil
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1930s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Pastel, Color Pencil, Lithograph
1970s Pop Art Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1960s Modern Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
1890s Art Nouveau Alphonse Legros Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec"LA CHAINE SIMPSON" by Toulouse-Lautrec from Les Maitres de l'Affiche, 1900
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