1883
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
L'Inconestase de la Cathedrale de l'Assomption is a 1883 ink by Auguste Lepère, a Impressionism work, depicting Church Interior, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a stone church tower rising above bare trees. The lines are crisp and clean, like a photo but made by hand. Wood engraving was tricky back then. Artists cut into hard boxwood with fine tools to get fine details. This one uses cross-hatching—a bunch of tiny lines—to shade the sky. If you like this sharp style, check out Lepère, Auguste.
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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