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Rouen Illustré

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888
(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
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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

La Cathedrale de Rouen

1888

Auguste Louis Lepère

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

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