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Auguste Louis Lepère — Fontainebleau Forest: Ride to the Hounds at Mont-Gérard (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Une chasse au Mont-Gérard)

Auguste Louis Lepère

Fontainebleau Forest: Ride to the Hounds at Mont-Gérard (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Une chasse au Mont-Gérard)

1890

This wood engraving by Auguste Louis Lepère depicts a dynamic hunting scene set in the Fontainebleau Forest, capturing mounted riders and hounds in pursuit across a wooded landscape. Created as part of a bound volume of thirty-four prints, the work demonstrates Lepère's mastery of the wood engraving technique, utilizing fine lines and contrasting tones to convey movement and atmospheric depth. The composition reflects the artist's engagement with traditional leisure activities of the French aristocracy while showcasing the technical precision characteristic of late nineteenth century printmaking.

Medium
wood engraving from bound volume of 34

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Auguste Louis Lepère, Fontainebleau Forest: Ride to the Hounds at Mont-Gérard (La Forêt de Fontainebleau: Une chasse au Mont-Gérard), 1890

This wood engraving by Auguste Louis Lepère depicts a dynamic hunting scene set in the Fontainebleau Forest, capturing mounted riders and hounds in pursuit across a wooded landscape. Created as part of a bound volume of thirty-four prints, the work demonstrates Lepère's mastery of the wood engraving technique, utilizing fine lines and contrasting tones to convey movement and atmospheric depth. The composition reflects the artist's engagement with traditional leisure activities of the French aristocracy while showcasing the technical precision characteristic of late nineteenth century printmaking.

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

Related themes

French, Atmospheric, 19th Century, Forest Setting, Romantic Landscape, Printmaking, Hunting Scene, Woodcut, Narrative Composition, Barbizon School

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