Description: Chiaroscuro Woodcut by Auguste Lepère (French, 1849-1918)1887 Printed on laid paper with watermark. Some faint discoloration, but a clear image by one of the leading artists of the revival of wood engraving in 19th century France. Auguste Lepère printmaker, painter, illustrator, ceramist, and teacher, was born to the sculptor François Lepère, in Paris, France on November 30, 1849. He was apprenticed at the age of thirteen to the English wood engraver Joseph Burn Smeeton who established his studio in Paris. Lepère desired foremost to be a painter and submitted his paintings to the annual Salons but he worked for thirty years as an illustrator, earning his livelihood producing woodengraving illustrations for L'Art, Monde illustré, La Revue illustrée and L'Illustration. Technology ended his first career about 1889 as books and magazines adopted the use of the photographic image. It was a natural progression from magazine illustration to book illustration and in this new career Lepère found success as he became known as one of the masters of French book illustration. Lepère continued working with the wood matrix, the blocks facile in the hands of this master, producing individual woodengravings. Between 1889 and 1901, his favorite subjects were the urban scenes around contemporary Paris—the bridges, cathedrals and boulevards. He produced his first color woodcut, Marchands au panier sous une porte rue Mauconseil, in 1889. Besides wood, he also worked with metal for his etching and limestone for his lithographs. His output was prodigious, producing around one thousand wood engravings and over one hundred etchings. Auguste Lepere died on November 20, 1918 in Domme, France.e
Price: 95 USD
Location: South Hadley, Massachusetts
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: August Lepere
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Size: Small
Date of Creation: 1887
Region of Origin: France
Framing: Unframed
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: people
Print Surface: Paper
Type: Woodcut
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Year of Production: 1887
Item Height: 8 3/8
Style: Realism, Impressionism
Theme: Animals, People
Production Technique: Woodcut Printing
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
Item Width: 11 7/8"
Time Period Produced: 1850-1899
