1874
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Saint Maurice in Bourgogne (Saint Maurice en Bourgogne) is a 1874 ink by Alphonse Legros, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching on light green paper depicts a landscape with a building in the distance. In the foreground, there are trees and what appears to be a field or a hill. The image is rendered in a range of grays, with the darkest tones used for the trees and the building, and the lightest tones used for the sky. The artist's use of line and texture creates a sense of depth and atmosphere in the image. The trees are depicted in a loose, expressive style, while the building is rendered in more detail. This etching is an example of Romanticism, a movement that emphasized emotion and imagination in art. To learn more about this style, you might want to look up the movement: Romanticism.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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