1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Farm with Large Tree (La ferme au grand arbre) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
You see a farm building with a huge tree looming over it. Its gnarled roots twist into the earth. The roof is half caved in. Sunlight cuts across the wall like a knife. This is an etching, but it’s not just lines. The artist used drypoint to scratch fine details into the plate. Then he added aquatint for soft, shadowy tones. That mix makes the tree feel solid and the light feel real. Try another Legros like this one at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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