1915
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
La Guerre est déclarée (War is Declared) is a 1915 ink by Auguste Lepère, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
A crowd fills a street in this 1915 woodcut. A man in the center lifts a flag over heads. Dark buildings press close on both sides. The artist carved this scene from wood. He printed it in black ink on cream paper. War had started in Europe that year, so the flag likely meant protest, not celebration. Look at how the lines crackle like broken glass. It feels urgent. See it at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
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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