Storm (Un orage)

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names
Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image shows a landscape with a horizon dividing a turbulent sky and serene water. The horizon features distant land with trees and bushes under a dramatic sky. The brushstrokes convey texture and movement, particularly in the dark clouds dominating the upper portion. The overall palette is monochromatic sepia tone. Other vegetation lines the horizon in the distance. Rain is depicted as dense diagonal lines suggesting a heavy downpour across the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching? and drypoint

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5408

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bliss 1923, no. 288


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1923

  • A Catalogue of the Etchings, Drypoints and Lithographs by Professor Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) In the Collection of Frank E. Bliss. Preface by Campbell Dodgson. London: Privately printed, 1923.

Wikidata ID

Q65018642

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