id: 125162 accession number: 1947.138 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.138 updated: 2023-04-25 11:42:53.085000 Paris under Snow, 1890. Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918). Wood engraving; border: 30.2 x 45.4 cm (11 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride 1947.138 title: Paris under Snow title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1890 creation date earliest: 1890 creation date latest: 1890 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride copyright: --- culture: France, 19th century technique: wood engraving department: Prints collection: PR - Wood engraving type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Lotz-Brissonneau, 230 --- CREATORS * Auguste Louis Lepère (French, 1849–1918) - artist --- measurements: Border: 30.2 x 45.4 cm (11 7/8 x 17 7/8 in.) state of the work: only state edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints opening date: 2001-08-26T00:00:00 Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19-Century French Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art; 8/26/01-10/28/01. "Inventive Impressions: 18th- and 19th-Century French Prints". --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Wood engraving was perfected about 1770 in England by Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Since the end grain of a hard wood is used, the block can be engraved with a sharp instrument called a burin, making closely set lines possible and producing a great range of textures and tones. The surface of the block is inked and printed so that the engraved lines appear as white areas. The strength of the block meant that numerous impressions could be printed. Wood engraving thus became a principal method for illustrating books and newspapers in the 19th century. Lepère developed an extraordinary mastery of wood engraving, which he used to effectively describe a snowy view of central Paris. The confetti-like snowflakes silhouetted against the dark river, and the overall blurring effect caused by the snowfall in the distance, are a tour de force. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.138/1947.138_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.138/1947.138_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.138/1947.138_full.tif