Auguste-Louis Lepère

He is now remembered for his innovations, such as the use of colored paper and the combining of etching and wood engraving on the same print. In total, his graphic oeuvre consists of over 150 etchings, over 200 wood engravings and 14 lithographs. He died in Domme, aged 68.

Jean Emile Laboureur is recorded as having studied under Auguste-Louis Lepère. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Netherlands and Amsterdam. Works named in the authority record are Weather. Work by Auguste-Louis Lepère is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria and National Gallery of Canada. Distinctions recorded are Officer of the Legion of Honour.

Louis-Auguste Lepère was born in Paris. At the age of thirteen, he began his artistic education in the Paris studio of the engraver Joseph Burn-Smeeton. By the mid-1870s, Lepère had emerged as one of the most renowned printmakers of his time. Lepère focused mostly on daily life in both his etchings and wood engravings. He is now remembered for his innovations, such as the use of colored paper and the combining of etching and wood engraving on the same print. The last years of Lepère's life were given almost exclusively to wood engraving. In total, his graphic oeuvre consists of over 150 etchings, over 200 wood engravings and 14 lithographs. He died at Domme, aged 68.

• Illustration — Autour du brasero (1892), pastel on cardboard • Illustration — Laundresses (Blanchisseuses) - Soft-ground etching and aquatint; printed in three colors (1893) • Illustration — Jeu des grâces dans la rue, illustration de Paysages et coins de rues de Jean Richepin • Illustration — View of thefaçade of Rouen Cathedral, seen from the right, wood engraving- British Museum • Illustration — The Watering Place at Marie Bridge (1902) • Illustration — The printer- estampe: Woodcut with hand coloring • Illustration — Storm on the Island of Yeu - Watercolor and gouache over black crayon. (1916)