1901
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Escalier de la maison ou etait le Chateau Rouge is a 1901 ink by Auguste Lepère, held at National Gallery of Art.
This black-and-white print shows a dimly lit room with two people sitting near a table. One person is hunched over, holding a piece of paper or a book, while the other stands behind them, slightly blurred. A window with a patterned glass pane lets in faint light, and a staircase with wooden steps fills the left side of the room. The artist used tiny parallel lines to create shading, giving the scene a textured, almost sketchy look. This technique is called cross-hatching, which builds up dark areas by layering lines. Look up technique: engraving, cross-hatching to see how it works in other prints.
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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