1900
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Lotz is a 1900 by Auguste Lepère, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows a woman sewing. She's focused on her work, and the artist has drawn her in a quiet moment. The artist also made this painting as a study from nature, which is interesting because it was made using pastel, a medium often used for quick sketches. You can learn more about this style by looking up the work of Auguste Louis Lepère.
Although celebrated as the leader of the creative revival of wood engraving in late 19th-century France, Lepère was also a painter who used pastel to make studies directly from nature. This study of a woman sewing is inscribed to the artist’s friend, Lotz-Brissonneau, who in 1905 authored the catalogue raisonné of Lepère’s graphic work.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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.
See the richer artist page
