1881
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Manifestation populaire du 27 Février pour fêter le 80 année de Victor Hugo is a 1881 ink by Auguste Lepère, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This wood engraving shows a huge crowd packed into a city square, watching a scene unfold. At the center, a man in a uniform stands on a platform, gesturing toward a building with columns and statues on top. The crowd is dense—people in hats and coats fill the foreground, while others climb trees or lean against walls in the background. Flags and banners add to the sense of a big event. Notice how the artist used fine lines to build up shadows and textures, like the bark on trees or the fabric of the crowd’s clothes. This technique makes the scene feel busy but clear. Look up cross-hatching to see how artists create depth with lines.
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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