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Auguste Louis Lepère — Fontainebleau Forest: Quarryman's Lodge (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Une loge de carrier)

Auguste Louis Lepère

Fontainebleau Forest: Quarryman's Lodge (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Une loge de carrier)

1890

In this wood engraving, Auguste Louis Lepère captures a modest quarryman's shelter nestled within the Fontainebleau Forest, employing the fine linear precision characteristic of the medium to render both architectural detail and natural foliage. The composition reflects the artist's interest in rural labor and vernacular architecture, subjects he frequently depicted during the late 19th century. As part of a bound volume of thirty-four works, this print exemplifies Lepère's mastery of wood engraving and his documentary approach to French landscape and working life.

Medium
wood engraving from bound volume of 34

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Auguste Louis Lepère, Fontainebleau Forest: Quarryman's Lodge (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Une loge de carrier), 1890

In this wood engraving, Auguste Louis Lepère captures a modest quarryman's shelter nestled within the Fontainebleau Forest, employing the fine linear precision characteristic of the medium to render both architectural detail and natural foliage. The composition reflects the artist's interest in rural labor and vernacular architecture, subjects he frequently depicted during the late 19th century. As part of a bound volume of thirty-four works, this print exemplifies Lepère's mastery of wood engraving and his documentary approach to French landscape and working life.

Medium
wood engraving from bound volume of 34
Year
1890
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Rural Architecture, Contemplative Mood, 19th Century, French Artist, Wood Engraving, Landscape, Naturalism, Forest scenery, Print Medium, Barbizon School

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