Biography
Auguste Lepère (b. Paris, France 1849 - d. 1918) was a leader in the creative revival of wood engraving in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth century. At the age of thirteen, Lepère began his artistic education in a Paris studio. By the mid 1870s, he had emerged as one of the most renowned printmakers of his time. In both etching and wood engraving, he became known as the prime delineator of daily life. He experimented with innovative techniques such as combining etching and wood engraving in the same print. He was also one of the first artists to experiment with coloured papers and often had his own papers specially made. In total, his graphic oeuvre consists of more than 150 etchings, more than two hundred wood engravings, and fourteen lithographs.
