1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Desperate Young Girl (La jeune desesperee) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a woman with her head in her hands, slumped over. Her hair and clothes are drawn with wild, tangled lines. The background is bare trees with jagged branches, and the ground looks rough and uneven. The artist used a scratchy technique to create texture—every line feels urgent. This piece is part of a style that focused on emotion and drama. Next, look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists 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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