Alphonse Legros
(1837–1911) fransk konstnär (1837–1911)
Alphonse Legros (France, 1837–1911) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Alphonse Legros belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.
Alphonse Legros was born in Dijon and died in Watford. Alphonse Legros trained at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, Beaux-Arts de Paris, and Beaux-Arts School of Dijon. Alphonse Legros studied under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran. Alphonse Legros worked in Paris, The Hague, Amsterdam, and London. Wikidata associates Alphonse Legros with French Realism.
The best-known works include ‘Calvary’, ‘Le Christ mort’, and ‘Léon Gambetta’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, allegory, and figure. The catalogue has 250 works by Alphonse Legros with free images. The dated works span the years 1800–1907. Works by Alphonse Legros are held by several collections, among them Prints in the National Gallery of Art, drawings in the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, and National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Pierre Auguste Cot, Émile Bayard, Vincent Lerche, Petr Nikolaevich Gruzinsky, and Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky.