In a Wood
Alphonse Legros
c. 1885
Medium
Drypoint and plate tone on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 22.7 × 15.2 cm (8 15/16 × 6 in.); Sheet: 30.1 × 23.7 cm (11 7/8 × 9 3/8 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
46210
About the Artist
Alphonse Legros · 1837–1911
Alphonse Legros (1837–1911) was born in Dijon, France, and trained in Paris at the drawing school of Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran, whose unconventional teaching method — which emphasised memory drawing and acute observation over academic convention — would leave a lasting mark on Legros's practice. At Lecoq's school he formed friendships with Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin that endured throughout hi...