Village of Wimille, near Boulogne (Village de Wimille, pres Boulogne)
1826 to 1850
Medium
etching
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1943.3.5357
Art Historical Context
Discover the serene charm of *Village of Wimille, nearlogne* (Village de Wimille, Boulogne), an by French artist Alphonse Legros, created between 1826 and1850. This delicate print captures the quiet essence of a rural French village in the Pas-de-Calais region, the port town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Legros, for his masterful printmaking, evokes the everyday beauty of the countryside with intricate lines that suggest thatched roofs, winding paths, and humble dwellings nestled amid rolling landscapes. Etching, the medium here, was a favored 19th-century technique where acid bites into a metal plate...
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...