Burial in the Vendeen Marsh (Un enterrement dans le marais Vendeen)

1901

Auguste Lepère

Associated Names
Auguste Lepère

Artist, French, 1849 - 1918

The image is an etching of a rural scene viewed from an elevated perspective at the riverbank. The horizon is positioned high in the composition, with a barely visible sky and a distant line of trees and structures indicated. Several people are depicted in intricate detail, including a group of women huddled together in a boat on a waterway and others standing or kneeling near the shore, all dressed in traditional attire. In the middle distance, boats filled with more passengers navigate the river, and across the water stands a rustic house with a thatched roof and several figures walking or standing by a bridge. The etching technique is characterized by fine, detailed lines, with careful cross-hatching to create texture and shading. The overall monochrome color palette relies on the contrasting shades of black and white to render the intricacy and realism of the scene.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.5604

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Lotz-Brissonneau 1905, no. 126, State ii/ii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1905

  • Lotz-Brissonneau, A. L'Oeuvre grave de Auguste Lepere; catalogue descriptif et analytique. Paris: Edmond Sagot, 1905.

Wikidata ID

Q65019074

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