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Series Title: Rouen Illustré

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888

Auguste Louis Lepère

(French, 1849–1918)
Culture
France, 19th century
Medium
wood engraving
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard C. Hanna Jr. 1921.1413
Catalogue raisonné
Lotz-Brissonneau 177; Le Blanc 177
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Lepère developed an extraordinary mastery of wood engraving with which he achieved rich tonal contrasts. Felix Bracquemond, an important 19th-century etcher, called Lepère the artist who "sees as a painter and renders as a printmaker."

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888

Auguste Louis Lepère

(French, 1849–1918)
France, 19th century

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