c. 1885. Notes: Alphonse Legros (1837 – 1911), painter, etcher and sculptor was born in Dijon.

In 1859 Legros\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Angelus was exhibited, the first of those quiet church interiors, with kneeling figures of patient women, by which he is best known as a painter. Ex Voto (1861), a work of great power and insight, now in the museum at Dijon, was received by his friends with enthusiasm, but it only obtained a mention at the Salon. Legros came to England in 1863 and in 1864 married Miss Frances Rosetta Hodgson. At first he lived by his etching and teaching. He then became teacher of etching at the South Kensington School of Art, and in 1876 Slade Professor at University College, London., Image Size : 140x267 (mm), 5.50x10.50 (Inches), Platemark Size : 152x279 (mm), 6.00x11.00 (Inches), Paper Size : 236x343 (mm), 9.30x13.50 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Etching, Categories: Etchings Others;. Very Good. Item #P3485

Notes: Alphonse Legros (1837 – 1911), painter, etcher and sculptor was born in Dijon.

In 1859 Legros\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Angelus was exhibited, the first of those quiet church interiors, with kneeling figures of patient women, by which he is best known as a painter. Ex Voto (1861), a work of great power and insight, now in the museum at Dijon, was received by his friends with enthusiasm, but it only obtained a mention at the Salon. Legros came to England in 1863 and in 1864 married Miss Frances Rosetta Hodgson. At first he lived by his etching and teaching. He then became teacher of etching at the South Kensington School of Art, and in 1876 Slade Professor at University College, London., Image Size : 140x267 (mm), 5.50x10.50 (Inches), Platemark Size : 152x279 (mm), 6.00x11.00 (Inches), Paper Size : 236x343 (mm), 9.30x13.50 (Inches), Coloring: Black & White, Medium: Etching, Categories: Etchings Others;.

Price: $375.00