1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Head of a Man (Tete d'homme) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a close-up of a man’s face in profile, drawn in black and white. The background is mostly dark, with a thin, textured line at the bottom. The face looks rough, like it was scratched into the paper with sharp tools. The artist used a technique that makes the lines look hand-drawn and uneven. This style was popular in the Romantic period, where artists focused on emotion and raw texture. Next, check out etching 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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