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.
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.jpg "Counterproof of an Impression from a Name Plate for Edward D. Adams by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1240994).jpg "Village of Saint-Pierre during a Storm by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Job, 1st plate by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Wash House, Dite Les Laveuses by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Portrait of Sir Francis Seymour Haden by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "At the Foot of the Cross by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Sir E.J. Poynter, P.R.A. by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-85724).jpg "Head of a man with long beard, 1898 by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264813).jpg "The Farm on the River: Evening Effect by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Gleaners, 1800s by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Artist, Eighth Plate by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1254893).jpg "Return of the Peasants by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Departure for Fishing, in the Mists by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "St. Peter and St. Paul at Mr. Richard, from Histoire du Bonhomme Misere by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Triumph of Death: Death Prepares a Dwelling for the Homeless by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264847).jpg "Self-Portrait, Medallion No. 2 (11th Plate) by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mlle. Nora E. Legros, 1896 by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Prodigal Son, 4th Plate by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1243633).jpg "Death and the Woodcutter (4th plate) by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1245156).jpg "Sleeper by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Lumberjacks, Second Plate by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Farm on the River: Evening Effect by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Village of Wimille, near Boulogne by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "The Canal, Morning by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Portrait of the artist Édouard Manet 1832-1883, 1863 by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Triumph of Death: Death at a Sailor")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264819).jpg "Sheepfold on the Hill by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "An Honourable Penitent, c.1868 by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1285190).jpg "Self-Portrait (Third Plate) by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1255396).jpg "Corner of a Wood by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Frédéric Régamey by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1286394).jpg "Portrait of Madame Kemp, Front View by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Milkmaid of Boulogne, 1st Plate by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Two Monks Seated in a Church by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1244788).jpg "View of a Farm, 2nd plate by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Head of a Man with Upturned Eyes, late 19th-early 20th century by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Study of an Old Man with a Long Beard by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "A Woodland Study by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Peasant Woman Seated near a Hedge by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Leon Gambetta, 2nd plate by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Door of M. Richard by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1256736).jpg "Landscape with Boat, 1st plate by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1629778).jpg "Centaur Carrying a Tree Trunk by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1296242).jpg "Landscape with Two Trees by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1339436).jpg "Meadow in Sunshine by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Drinking Trough, 2nd plate by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264825).jpg "Hamlet near the Lake by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1254457).jpg "Angler by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Return of the Fagot-gatherer by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Clap of Thunder by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1244564).jpg "Bridge at the Mill by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Frédéric Régamey by Alphonse Legros")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1246788).jpg "The Manger by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Study of Delphic Sibyl, Head of a Man by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Sunset Over the Hill, last half 1800s by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Landscape: Near Chailleux by Alphonse Legros")
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.jpg "Canal Seen by Morning Light by Alphonse Legros")
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