Alphonse Legros was a Franco-British painter, etcher and medalist, with close ties to realism. His artistic training began in his home town of Lyon, where he attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts and was a pupil of Maître Nicolardo, a house and portrait painter. Around 1851 Legros moved to Paris to continue his studies there. On the way there he spent about 6 months as a journeyman with the decorator and painter Jean Baptiste Beauchot in Lyon. During this time Legros helped decorate the chapel of Cardinal Bonald. Arriving in Paris, Legros was accepted at the Petite Ecole of Lecoq de Boisbaudran, which would later become the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs. There he made the acquaintance of colleagues like Charles-Antoine Cambon, Jules Dalou and Auguste Rodin. Legros also enrolled in evening courses at the École des Beaux-Arts. There he became friends with James McNeill Whistler.
Encouraged by his teachers, Legros first sent two portraits to the Paris Salon in 1857. Only one of them was accepted, the portrait of his father. This was the first public exhibition of his work for Legros. The author Champfleury, who was a great admirer of realism, became aware of the portrait in the Salon and invited Legros to become a member of the realist group around Gustave Courbet. Around the same time Legros began to devote himself increasingly to the art of etching. Two of Legros most famous works were "L'Angelus" and "Ex Voto". After his one-year study trip through Spain he joined the Societé des Aquaforistes in 1863. In later years Legros showed himself to be a supporter of study trips and saw them as an important part of his artistic development. He therefore gave part of his income to supplement a fund to finance such trips for students.
Legros settled in London in 1863 at Whistles' suggestion. There he first gave drawing and etching courses. Later he was accepted as a teacher at the Kensington School of Art. From 1876 he succeeded Edward Poynter as professor at the Slade School. He taught there for over 17 years. Some young female artists, who later became known as Slade Girls, were his students. Among them were the sisters Ella and Nelia Casella, Jessie Mothersole or Elinor Hallé. Legros received British citizenship in 1881. In 1892 he resigned from his professorship and devoted himself to the initial motifs of his work: landscapes, Spanish castles and French farms, as he knew them from his childhood.
×
Passionate Customer Service
.jpg "A Storm by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "A Storm by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Nude Woman by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1249871).jpg "Sleeping Beggar by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1249871).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643944).jpg "Portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1643944).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250843).jpg "Edge of a Forest in Bourgogne by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250843).jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Man by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Landscape with a Boy in a Tree by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250174).jpg "The Prodigal Son (6th Plate) by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250174).jpg)
.jpg "Self-Portrait, 10th plate, 1905 by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Woodcutters, 3rd plate Les bucherons by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264839).jpg "Midnight Mass by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264839).jpg)
.jpg "Old Man, Old Tree by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Man, 1877 by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250231).jpg "Fagot-cutter by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250231).jpg)
.jpg "Self-Portrait (12th plate) by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1629564).jpg "At the Foot of the Hill by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1629564).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1255396).jpg "Corner of a Wood by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1255396).jpg)
.jpg "L by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Village by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1242957).jpg "Little Wandering Jew by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1242957).jpg)
.jpg "Solitude Landscape by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Fire by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Sir Edward Poynter by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Twig-makers by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Plague Victims of Rome by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_(see_also_414599)_-_(MeisterDrucke-84195).jpg "Sir Francis Seymour Haden, etcher, 1895 by Alphonse Legros")
_(see_also_414599)_-_(MeisterDrucke-84195).jpg)
.jpg "L by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Small Satyr Mask by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1248882).jpg "Banks of the Saint-Pre by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1248882).jpg)
.jpg "Victim of by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1245983).jpg "Poplars near Amiens by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1245983).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335660).jpg "Study of an Old Man by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1335660).jpg)
.jpg "The Convalescent")
.jpg)
.jpg "Bringing in the Hay by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Job First Plate by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Portrait of an Old Man by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Léon Gambetta by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1252531).jpg "Valley in Bourgogne by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1252531).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1241455).jpg "Study of the Head of a Man Reading by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1241455).jpg)
.jpg "Winter, 1st Plate by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Victor Hugo by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Monks in Church by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1255001).jpg "Farm at the Monastery by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1255001).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1252392).jpg "Landscape with Haystacks by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1252392).jpg)
.jpg "The Farm on the Hill by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Death and the Woodcutter by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267016).jpg "The Watering Place (Second Plate) by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267016).jpg)
.jpg "Roman Ruin by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Double Bass Player by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Head of a Man by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Desperate Man by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Fire in the Hamlet by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Banks of the Saint-Pre by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Little Shed by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Dead Christ by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1254116).jpg "English Peasant by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1254116).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1249859).jpg "Distributor of the Holy Water by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1249859).jpg)
.jpg "Sir Frederick Leighton, 1878 by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Fording a River by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Death and Its Horse by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Poet by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1240749).jpg "Burning the Grasses by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1240749).jpg)
.jpg "Man in Punt by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Crowd of People Seen between Two Columns by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Valley in Bourgogne by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1253046).jpg "The House of the Well by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1253046).jpg)
.jpg "Old Inn by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334915).jpg "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1334915).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1369224).jpg "Refectory with Praying Monks by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1369224).jpg)
.jpg "Stroll of the Convalescent by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1251528).jpg "The Tree of Salvation by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1251528).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267004).jpg "Job (Second Plate) by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267004).jpg)
.jpg "Evening at the Window by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1251819).jpg "The Death of Saint Francis by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1251819).jpg)
.jpg "Top of the Hill by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1629415).jpg "Bank of a River by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1629415).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250273).jpg "Meadow in Sunshine by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1250273).jpg)
.jpg "The Watering Place (2nd Plate) by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1247756).jpg "Hurricane by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1247756).jpg)
.jpg "Centaur Woman by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Allegory of the Peasant and Fortune by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Philosopher by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Top of the Hill by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Sleeping Beggar by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Corner of a Wood by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Night Crier by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1242597).jpg "Finding the Sheep by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1242597).jpg)
_gathering_in_front_of_an_ex_-_(MeisterDrucke-950633).jpg "The ex-voto Women gathering in front of an ex voto by Alphonse Legros")
_gathering_in_front_of_an_ex_-_(MeisterDrucke-950633).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1252830).jpg "Banks of the Marne by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1252830).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1246116).jpg "Fisherman with a Hoop-net by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1246116).jpg)
.jpg "Death the Wooer, c1895, 1923 by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1245086).jpg "Head of a Man by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1245086).jpg)
.jpg "Woods in Winter Sun, 2nd plate by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1243738).jpg "Blacksmith by Alphonse Legros")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1243738).jpg)
 - (MeisterDrucke-70078).jpg "Mr Wilson, architect, 1898 by Alphonse Legros")
 - (MeisterDrucke-70078).jpg)
.jpg "The Refectory by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "St. Peter and St. Paul at the Gate of Bonhomme Misery by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "The Farm on the Hill by Alphonse Legros")
.jpg)
.jpg "Study of a Man")
.jpg)
+43 4257 29415
support@meisterdrucke.com
Mo-Do: 7:00 - 16:00 | Fr: 7:00 - 13:00
