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Alphonse Legros

1837–1911

Pour le Monument d’Alfred Stevens
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2 artworks by Alphonse Legros
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Biography

Alphonse Legros (French pronunciation: [alfɔ̃s ləɡʁo]; 8 May 1837 – 8 December 1911) was a French, later British, painter, etcher, sculptor, and medallist. He moved to London in 1863 and later was naturalized as British. He was important as a teacher in the British etching revival.

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Realism Victorian / Genre

Artworks

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  • Femmes en Prière

    Alphonse Legros
    1888
  • John Gray

    Alphonse Legros
    1883
  • Memorial Portrait of Alfred Stevens

    Alphonse Legros
    1907
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  • Le Repas des Pauvres

    Alphonse Legros
    1877
  • The Retreat

    Alphonse Legros
    exhibited 1872
  • Rehearsing the Service

    Alphonse Legros
    c.1870
  • Cupid and Psyche

    Alphonse Legros
    exhibited 1867
  • Mask of an Old Man

    Alphonse Legros
    date not known
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  • Sketch of Alphonse Legros

    Sir Charles Holroyd
    date not known
  • Professor Alphonse Legros [Part VII]

    Sir William Rothenstein
    1897
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