1874
chalk
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Peasant and Ass is a 1874 chalk by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a peasant sitting on the ground next to a donkey. The lines are loose and quick, with no hard edges. The whole scene is drawn in red chalk, giving it a warm, earthy tone. The artist focused on simple shapes and movement, not details. The peasant’s posture looks tired, and the donkey’s head is turned slightly away. Next, look up Romanticism to see how this style often showed everyday life with emotion.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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