Legrand, Louis Auguste Matheiu

(9/23/1863 Dijon-6/12/1951 Livry-Gargan) (France)

   Graphic artist, painter, and draughtsman. Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Dijon and trained under Felicien Rops in Paris. Like Rops he emphasized the erotic, but not as darkly as his master.

   Reproductions: In the private room; Brusendorff, 1960b: p. 47 . Morning; 1910; etching; Brusendorff, 1966b: n.p. [B].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 8: pp. 748-749; DoA v19: pp. 85-86.