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Auguste-Louis Lepère

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Louis-Auguste Lepère – Self-Portrait 1895 – Wood engraving – Cleveland Museum of Art

Louis-Auguste Lepère[1] (30 November 1849 – 20 November 1918) was a French painter and etcher. Lepère is also considered a leader in the creative revival of wood engraving in Europe.

Biography

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Louis-Auguste Lepère was born in Paris. At the age of thirteen, he began his artistic education in the Paris studio of the engraver Joseph Burn-Smeeton. By the mid-1870s, Lepère had emerged as one of the most renowned printmakers of his time.[2]

Lepère focused mostly on daily life in both his etchings and wood engravings. He is now remembered for his innovations, such as the use of colored paper and the combining of etching and wood engraving on the same print. The last years of Lepère's life were given almost exclusively to wood engraving. In total, his graphic oeuvre consists of over 150 etchings, over 200 wood engravings and 14 lithographs.[2] He died at Domme, aged 68.

Collections

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Lepère's work is held in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[3] the Art Institute of Chicago,[4] the Allen Memorial Art Museum,[5] the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[6] the Portland Art Museum,[7] the Birmingham Museum of Art,[8] the Brooklyn Museum,[9] the University of Michigan Museum of Art,[10] the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,[11] the Dallas Museum of Art,[12] the Lowe Art Museum,[13] the Blanton Museum of Art,[14] the Philadelphia Museum of Art,[15] the Artizon Museum,[16] the Des Moines Art Center,[17] the Detroit Institute of Arts,[18] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,[19] and the Clark Art Institute.[20]

Works

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  • Works of Louis-Auguste Lepère
  • Autour du brasero (1892), pastel on cardboard
    Autour du brasero (1892), pastel on cardboard
  • Laundresses (Blanchisseuses) - Soft-ground etching and aquatint; printed in three colors (1893)
    Laundresses (Blanchisseuses) - Soft-ground etching and aquatint; printed in three colors (1893)
  • Jeu des grâces dans la rue, illustration de Paysages et coins de rues de Jean Richepin
    Jeu des grâces dans la rue, illustration de Paysages et coins de rues de Jean Richepin
  • View of thefaçade of Rouen Cathedral, seen from the right, wood engraving- British Museum
    View of thefaçade of Rouen Cathedral, seen from the right, wood engraving- British Museum
  • The Watering Place at Marie Bridge (1902)
    The Watering Place at Marie Bridge (1902)
  • The printer- estampe: Woodcut with hand coloring
    The printer- estampe: Woodcut with hand coloring
  • Storm on the Island of Yeu - Watercolor and gouache over black crayon. (1916)
    Storm on the Island of Yeu - Watercolor and gouache over black crayon. (1916)

References

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  1. ^ Saunier, Charles (1931). Auguste Lepère: Peintre et Graveur, Décorateur de Livres. Paris: Maurice Le Garrec, p. 15. According to French custom, his formal name was Louis-Auguste Lepère, but he signed his works "LA Lepère," "A. Lepère," or, by his informal name, "Auguste Lepère." In the 1870s - 1880s, when he was wood engraving for Le Monde Illustré, he would only use "LA" if there were multiple engravers on the same print.
  2. ^ a b "Auguste Louis Lepere Les Trophees". Retrieved 2012-05-29.
  3. ^ "Auguste-Louis Lepère | Convalescent, Mme Lepère". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  4. ^ "Louis Auguste Lepère". artic.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  5. ^ "Works – Auguste Louis Lepère – Artists – Art Collection". allenartcollection.oberlin.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  6. ^ "Landscape | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  7. ^ "Auguste Lepère". portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  8. ^ "La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Les brûleurs de fougères (Fontainebleau Forest: Fern Burners) | Birmingham Museum of Art". Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  9. ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  10. ^ "Exchange: Old Houses, Amiens". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  11. ^ "A la Foire de Saint-Jean-de-Monts – Auguste Louis Lepère". FAMSF Search the Collections. 2015-05-08. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  12. ^ "Landscape – DMA Collection Online". www.dma.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  13. ^ "Works – Auguste-Louis Lepère – People Search – eMuseum | University of Miami". emuseum1.as.miami.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  14. ^ "Blanton Museum of Art – Le Christ au Matin des Rameaux [Christ on Palm Sunday]". collection.blantonmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  15. ^ "Paris under the snow, view from the top of St. Gervais". philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  16. ^ "Collection Highlights". Artizon Museum. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  17. ^ "Works – Auguste Lepère – Artists & Creators – Des Moines Art Center". emuseum.desmoinesartcenter.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  18. ^ "L'abreuvoir du Pont Marie". www.dia.org. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  19. ^ "Provins". Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  20. ^ "The Centaur". www.clarkart.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
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