The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888

Auguste Louis Lepère

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

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."
  • ?–1921
    Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
    December 22, 1921–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Against the Grain: Woodcuts from the Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 17-November 9, 2003).
  • {{cite web|title=La Cathedrale de Rouen|url=false|author=Auguste Louis Lepère|year=1888|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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