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Artists›Auguste Lepère

Auguste Lepère

1849

WA-00074279

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About

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Louis-Auguste Lepère was a French painter and etcher. Lepère is also considered a leader in the creative revival of wood engraving in Europe.

Source: Nga · Trust score: 40% · Updated 10d ago

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Artworks (8)

La France

1912 · Wood engraving in warm green-brown on cream wove Japanese tissue

Image: 15 × 11.5 cm (5 15/16 × 4 9/16 in.); Sheet: 33.6 × 23 cm (13 1/4 × 9 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Quai de la Gare: Décharge Publique (Quai de la Gare: vuilstortplaats)

1908

width: 213 cm, height: 143 cm

Rijksmuseum

Breaking Waves, September Tide

1901 · Woodcut from three blocks in water-based colors on cream laid paper

Image: 28.2 × 39.6 cm (11 1/8 × 15 5/8 in.); Sheet: 32.1 × 44.9 cm (12 11/16 × 17 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

At the Chat Noir

1893 · Etching and aquatint on cream laid paper

Image: 11.3 × 8 cm (4 1/2 × 3 3/16 in.); Plate: 16.3 × 11.3 cm (6 7/16 × 4 1/2 in.); Sheet: 22.3 × 15.5 cm (8 13/16 × 6 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Convalescent, Madame Lepère

1892 · Woodcut from four blocks in water-based colors on cream laid paper

Image: 40.8 × 29.9 cm (16 1/8 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 53.6 × 36.4 cm (21 1/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Showers

1890 · Drypoint on cream laid paper

Image/plate: 21.9 × 15 cm (8 5/8 × 5 15/16 in.); Sheet: 26.7 × 20.4 cm (10 9/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Little Girl with Pot

1890 · Woodcut in eighteen colors from eight blocks on cream laid paper

Image: 18.7 × 12.4 cm (7 3/8 × 4 15/16 in.); Sheet: 30.7 × 19.7 cm (12 1/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pêcheurs de Crevettes

1859 · color woodcut on paper

width: 252 cm, height: 341 cm

Rijksmuseum

Artwork sources (3)

8 published of 115 catalogued · 8 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
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2 entries · 1 sources

Quai de la Gare: Décharge Publique (Quai de la Gare: vuilstortplaats)
1908 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pêcheurs de Crevettes
1859 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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