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Alphonse Legros — My Farm
Alphonse Legros

My Farm

1857

"My Farm" is a drypoint print by French artist Alphonse Legros that depicts a rural agricultural scene rendered in the artist's characteristic linear style. The medium of drypoint allowed Legros to create fine, expressive lines directly into a copper plate, producing the soft, velvety blacks characteristic of the technique. The work reflects Legros's interest in rural life and labor, themes he explored throughout his career as a printmaker and painter.

Medium
drypoint

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Alphonse Legros, My Farm, 1857

"My Farm" is a drypoint print by French artist Alphonse Legros that depicts a rural agricultural scene rendered in the artist's characteristic linear style. The medium of drypoint allowed Legros to create fine, expressive lines directly into a copper plate, producing the soft, velvety blacks characteristic of the technique. The work reflects Legros's interest in rural life and labor, themes he explored throughout his career as a printmaker and painter.

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

Related themes

Nostalgic, Print, 19th Century, Domestic landscape, Agrarian subject, Etching, Naturalistic Style, French Artist, Rural Life, Realism

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago