1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Edge of a Forest in Bourgogne (Un coin de foret en Bourgogne) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This drawing shows a dark, tangled forest edge. The trees are thick with crisscrossed lines, making them look wild and dense. Light barely cuts through, leaving the ground below shadowy and uneven. The artist used tiny scratches and lines to build up the texture—almost like carving into the paper. This was a way to make the forest feel rough and alive. Look up technique: etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists create depth this way.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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