1894
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Washerwomen (Les Laveuses) is a 1894 by Auguste Lepère, a Impressionism work, depicting Domestic Worker, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This painting shows three women bent over a river, scrubbing clothes in wooden tubs. Their dresses are dark, their aprons light. A few flat stones and a narrow boat sit nearby. Lepère worked fast. He used drypoint, scratching lines into a metal plate. Then he inked it and printed it. The rough lines make the scene feel real and immediate. Check out how the light hits the water. It’s like you’re standing right there. Look up Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918).
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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