1874
ink
paper
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 landscape painting shows a monastery and a farm in the background, with a dirt road in the foreground. A man is walking on the road, and there's a small hut to the left. The sky is cloudy, and the atmosphere looks gloomy. The painting has a lot of detail, with many lines and textures that give it a sense of depth. The artist used a technique called etching to create the image, which involves scratching a design onto a metal plate and then printing it onto paper. If you're interested in learning more about this style of art, you might want to check out the Romanticism movement.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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