Alphonse Legros

French (1837 - 1911)

Alphonse Legros was a French printmaking artist.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an etching work attributed to Alphonse Legros (1837-1911) was C$ - paid for "Paysannes des environs de Boulogne (Peasant Women of Boulogne)" at Saskatchewan NAC in Regina on Sun, Sep 22, 2024.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their etching results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$250.

Notable Art Works

Paysannes des environs de Boulogne (Peasant Women of Boulogne)
etching and drypoint on antique laid pap...
15 cms x 1,138.3 cms x 38.61 cms (5.91 ins x 448.15 ins x 5.91 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 220
Sun, Sep 22, 2024

Estimate CAD $100 - $120
Sale price withheld

Alphonse Legros was born in 1837 in Dijon, France. He studied in Paris at the drawing school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran and at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He exhibited widely in Paris, including at the Paris Salon, but moved to London in 1863 at the encouragement of his friend James Whistler. There he continued making etchings and taught, first at the South Kensington School of Art then at Slade School of Art at the University College London. Alphonse Legros died in 1911 in Watford, England.

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