1897
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Dominant colour
Paris Almanac, 1897: Tail-piece, Winter is a 1897 by Auguste Lepère, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a busy, tangled scene of people and plants. On the right, a woman in a long dress waves or dances, her arm raised. The rest is a dark, swirling crowd of faces and autumn leaves—some look like they’re sleeping or hiding. The whole thing is drawn in bold black lines against a pale background. The title says this is a "tail-piece," meaning it was meant to end a section in a book or calendar. The artist packed a lot of movement into a small space, almost like a crowded party in winter. Check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see this sketch in person.
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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