La Ferme aux peupliers de Hollande

1914

Auguste Lepère

Associated Names
Auguste Lepère

Artist, French, 1849 - 1918

The image shows an etching of a landscape with trees, a cottage, and a farmhouse. The viewpoint is from the ground, looking across the tree-filled scene. The trees have leaning trunks and branches reaching upwards. The horizon is low, emphasizing the trees. The line work of the etching is intricate and fluid, capturing the movement of branches and landscape texture. The color palette is monochromatic, with black ink on a light background. The tree forms closest to us are prominent, leading the eye along the trunks. The sunlight filters through the leaves. Buildings are seen in the distance among the trees.

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1971

  • The Influence of Rembrandt on Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Landscape Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971, no cat.

Bibliography

1931

  • Texier-Bernier, G.M. Catalogue in Auguste Lepere, peintre et graveur decorateur de livres, by Charles Saunier. Paris: Maurice Le Garrec, 1931.

Wikidata ID

Q65219560

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