1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Brick-works (La Briqueterie) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet countryside scene with two small houses and a hillside. The buildings have simple roofs, and a few bare trees stand around. The lines are loose and scratchy, like quick pencil strokes. The artist used a technique called *drypoint*, where lines are etched into a plate to create texture. The marks look almost like hand-drawn scribbles, giving it a rough, sketchy feel. Check out the technique: drypoint to see how artists use metal plates to make prints like this.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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