Alphonse Legros

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Alphonse Legros was a 19th-century French-born painter, etcher, and sculptor who became a prominent figure in the British art world and a key promoter of printmaking.

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Alphonse Legros canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf etcher ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
birthCountry France ⓘ
birthDate 1837-05-08 ⓘ
birthPlace Dijon ⓘ
deathCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1911-12-08 ⓘ
deathPlace Watford ⓘ
educatedAt École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts de Dijon ⓘ
employer Slade School of Fine Art ⓘ
familyName Legros ⓘ
field etching ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
givenName Alphonse ⓘ
influenced British printmaking ⓘ
Slade School etching tradition ⓘ
knownFor portraiture ⓘ
promoting etching in Britain ⓘ
religious subjects ⓘ
rural genre scenes ⓘ
movedTo London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
movedToCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
movement Realism ⓘ
name Alphonse Legros ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
French ⓘ
notableWork Ex Voto ⓘ
Portraits of Charles Darwin ⓘ
Portraits of George Eliot ⓘ
Portraits of Thomas Carlyle ⓘ
Portraits of Victor Hugo ⓘ
Portraits of Whistler ⓘ
The Angelus (etching) ⓘ
linked to: The Angelus

The Tinker ⓘ
occupation artist ⓘ
etcher ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art ⓘ
residence England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
studentOf Hippolyte Flandrin ⓘ
workLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

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