Legros, Alphonse, Детальна інформація

Legros, Alphonse

 (b. May 8, 1837, Dijon, Fr.--d. Dec. 8, 1911, Watford, Hertfordshire, Eng.)

French-born British painter, etcher, and sculptor, now remembered chiefly for his graphics on macabre and fantastic themes. An excellent draftsman, he taught in London, revitalizing British drawing and printmaking during a period of low ebb.

[Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1994]

l genre scenes (The Angelus, 1859; Musйe d'Orsay).