Landscape with Storm (Paysage d'orage)

Alphonse Legros

Associated Names
Alphonse Legros

Artist, French, 1837 - 1911

The image depicts a landscape scene from a slightly elevated vantage point. Trees with dark foliage are shown in the foreground with thick, layered etching strokes for texture. The landscape extends towards a horizon with no distinct features, except for rolling hills. The sky is filled with dynamic crosshatch strokes of varying density to suggest cloud movement. The scene is rendered in monochrome, primarily in shades of black and gray, creating a visual balance between the dark trees and light sky.

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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

Q65067918

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