1907
graphite
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Reapers is a 1907 graphite by Alphonse Legros, held at National Gallery of Art.
This sketch shows two figures bent over, working with long, flowing strokes of graphite. Their clothes blend into the swirling lines around them, making it hard to tell where one ends and the other begins. The paper is mostly white, with dark marks creating shapes and movement. The artist used loose, quick lines to suggest motion, almost like scribbles that still form faces and bodies. It feels like a quick study rather than a finished drawing. If you like this sketchy style, look up chiaroscuro next.
Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: ; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist.
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