Minneapolis Institute of Art

Watering Place

Auguste Louis Lepère; Publisher: Edmond Sagot

Date

1913

Medium

Woodcut in brown ink on thin Japanese-style paper

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Auguste Lepère often traveled to the countryside to find relief from the bustle of Paris. The flat terrain and the distant windmill at the left suggest that we are in Holland. Lepère found inspiration in the Dutch landscape tradition, showing cowherds at work and tall, spindly, light-filled trees. France, Europe

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