1914
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
L'Empereur Guillaume, furierx... is a 1914 by Auguste Lepère, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This image shows five quick sketches of a man in different poses. Some are loose and wobbly, others tighter. One sketch is dark, almost like a shadowy silhouette, while the rest are light pencil lines on paper. The dark sketch looks like it was drawn with heavy shading to show light and dark areas. This technique makes the figure stand out sharply. Try looking up *chiaroscuro* next to see how artists use light and shadow like this.
Louis-Auguste Lepère (30 November 1849 – 20 November 1918) was a French painter and etcher. Lepère is also considered a leader in the creative revival of wood engraving in Europe.
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