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Alphonse Legros — Le Maison du charron
Alphonse Legros

Le Maison du charron

1857

"Le Maison du charron" (The Wheelwright's House) is an etching by French artist Alphonse Legros that depicts a humble rural dwelling with architectural detail characteristic of the artist's careful observational approach. Legros employs the linear qualities inherent to the etching medium to render the building's structure and surrounding landscape with precise hatching and cross hatching techniques. The work exemplifies Legros's interest in documenting ordinary French vernacular architecture and working class subjects during the 19th century.

Medium
etching

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Alphonse Legros, Le Maison du charron, 1857

"Le Maison du charron" (The Wheelwright's House) is an etching by French artist Alphonse Legros that depicts a humble rural dwelling with architectural detail characteristic of the artist's careful observational approach. Legros employs the linear qualities inherent to the etching medium to render the building's structure and surrounding landscape with precise hatching and cross hatching techniques. The work exemplifies Legros's interest in documenting ordinary French vernacular architecture and working class subjects during the 19th century.

Medium
etching
Year
1857
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Print, Detailed technique, Working Class Subject, Contemplative Mood, 19th Century, Etching, French Artist, Rural craftsman, Realism, Social Realism

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago