1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
A Woodland Study is a 1884 by Alphonse Legros, a Impressionism work, depicting Forest, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
A man in a dark coat walks down a muddy path through bare trees. The air looks cold. His shadow stretches long beside him. Legros painted this around 1860, when realism meant showing life as it was, not dressed up. The rough brushwork makes the cold feel real. See how the light hits the ground but not the trees. It reminds me of Millet’s quiet country scenes.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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