The House of the Woodcutter, Vendee (La maison du bucheron, Vendee)

1915

Auguste Lepère

Associated Names
Auguste Lepère

Artist, French, 1849 - 1918

The image shows a rural setting from an elevated point of view. The scene includes a man sharpening tools on a grinding wheel, two thatched-roof buildings, and a group of figures to the left. Delicate linework typical of etching is used, employing hatching and cross-hatching techniques for texture and detail. The color palette is monochromatic.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5547

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Texier-Bernier 1931, no. 434, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • Social Concern and the Worker: French Prints from 1830-1910, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City; Cleveland Museum of Art; and Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1974, no. 36.

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

Q65019015

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