1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape (Paysage) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a dark, tangled forest with thick trees and gnarled branches. The lines are sharp and busy, almost like scratching into the paper. In the distance, a faint building peeks through the trees—just a hint of a roof and walls. The artist used a technique that lets ink pile up in layers, making some spots darker than others. This was a way to show depth without color. Try looking up etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists create these textures.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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