Artist

Alphonse Legros

Portrait of Alphonse Legros
Portrait of Alphonse Legros

French, 1837–1911

Alphonse Legros was a French Romanticism painter. 962 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them oil paintings. Alphonse Legros was born in Dijon.

Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation:; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British. He was important as a teacher in the British etching revival.

Works by Alphonse Legros

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