1884
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Portrait of George Frederic Watts (2nd Plate) is a 1884 by Alphonse Legros, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows an older man with a long white beard and a dark hat pulled low. His face is wrinkled, and his gaze is steady but serious. The lines are soft, almost smudged in places, giving it a rough, hand-drawn feel. The artist used shading to make the face stand out against a plain background. This kind of shading is called *chiaroscuro*—it’s when light and dark contrast to create depth. Look up chiaroscuro to see how artists use light and shadow to tell stories.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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