1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Farm at the Monastery (La ferme de l'abbaye) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet countryside scene with a few small buildings, likely a farm. The artist used simple lines to draw thatched roofs, a stone wall, and a church tower in the distance. Trees and bushes fill the middle ground, while the foreground has a patch of grass and a fallen log. The artist focused on textures—rough bark, sharp edges of the roof, and the uneven ground. The whole scene feels calm and a little lonely, like a place far from busy towns. Want to know more? Look up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how this kind of drawing was made.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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