1874
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
La Ferme de Brieux (Effect d'orage) (Farm at Brieux in a Storm) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a stormy landscape with a farmhouse perched on a hill. Dark, swirling lines fill the sky, while thick trees and rough terrain dominate the foreground. The house looks small against the wild, dramatic scene. The artist used a technique called *drypoint*—a type of etching where lines are scratched directly into a metal plate. This creates the fuzzy, textured look you see here. Next, check out technique: drypoint to see how it works.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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