1874
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Riverbank (Bord de la riviere) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows a quiet riverbank with tall grass swaying in the wind. Thin, bare trees line the left side, their branches reaching across a flat, open field. The lines are loose and quick, like the artist barely kept up with the movement. The paper has a textured, almost grainy look—this isn’t a smooth painting but a scratchy print. The artist used sharp tools to carve into the surface, leaving behind these jagged marks. Want to know more? Look up technique: drypoint.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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