1915
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
La Masure Inondée is a 1915 by Auguste Lepère, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a flooded village by a river. A small boat carries two people away from a thatched-roof house with a dark doorway. Trees with bare branches lean over the water, and a sheep lies on the bank near a seated figure. In the distance, more houses and boats dot the scene. The artist used quick, scratchy lines to show the water’s movement and the urgency of the moment. The flooded fields and abandoned sheep hint at a recent disaster. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works 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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