The Abbey Farm
Alphonse Legros
c. 1893
Medium
Etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 13.8 × 24.9 cm (5 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.); Sheet: 19.4 × 28.3 cm (7 11/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Classification
etching
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
51298
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...