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 quiet forest by a river. Tall trees line the water’s edge, their branches tangled and full of detail. In the center, a person sits on the bank, looking down, while a small boat floats nearby. The lines are scratchy and layered, giving everything texture. The artist used a technique called drypoint to create these sharp, almost nervous marks. It’s like they pressed hard into the plate to make each line pop. Next, check out etching, drypoint, aquatint to see how artists make prints like this.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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