1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Landscape with Storm (Paysage d'orage) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a stormy landscape with jagged, dark trees on the left and a swirling sky full of thick, tangled lines. The ground looks rough, like tangled brush or waves, and the whole scene feels restless. Light fades toward the right, leaving the sky mostly dark and busy with crisscrossed marks. The artist used a technique that layers lines to build up shadows and texture—this isn’t paint, but ink pressed into metal. The Romantic movement loved dramatic nature scenes like this, often showing emotion in wild weather. Next, check out technique: etching, drypoint to see how artists like Legros made prints this way.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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