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Auguste Louis Lepère — Une chasse à Courre au Mont Gerard

Auguste Louis Lepère

Une chasse à Courre au Mont Gerard

1887

"Une chasse à Courre au Mont Gerard" is a wood engraving by Auguste Louis Lepère depicting a traditional French hunting scene with mounted riders pursuing game across a mountainous landscape. Lepère's meticulous technique showcases the characteristic fine lines and tonal gradations possible in wood engraving, capturing both the dynamic movement of the hunt and the detailed natural environment. The composition exemplifies the 19th century revival of wood engraving as a fine art medium, elevating what had traditionally been a reproductive technique to a subject worthy of artistic acclaim.

Medium
wood engraving

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Auguste Louis Lepère, Une chasse à Courre au Mont Gerard, 1887

"Une chasse à Courre au Mont Gerard" is a wood engraving by Auguste Louis Lepère depicting a traditional French hunting scene with mounted riders pursuing game across a mountainous landscape. Lepère's meticulous technique showcases the characteristic fine lines and tonal gradations possible in wood engraving, capturing both the dynamic movement of the hunt and the detailed natural environment. The composition exemplifies the 19th century revival of wood engraving as a fine art medium, elevating what had traditionally been a reproductive technique to a subject worthy of artistic acclaim.

Medium
wood engraving
Year
1887
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Detailed technique, Naturalistic, Aristocratic Subject, 19th Century, Art Nouveau, French Artist, Landscape, Hunting Scene, Woodcut, Narrative Composition

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