School of Art

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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

Tel: +44 (0)1970 622460

Fax: +44 (0)1970 622461

Email: artschool@aber.ac.uk


Display artist/maker:

Auguste Louis Lepére

Born: 1849, France, Paris   Died: 1918, Domme, Dordogne

Painter, printmaker and illustrator. Son of the sculptor Francois Lepère (1829-1871). Studied under the English engraver Burn Smeeton in Paris, c.1862-c.64, before working as a commercial engraver producing illustrations for magazines and books notably 'Le Monde Illustré'. He specialised in wood engraving, a medium which he promoted in France, and became a founder member of the 'Society of Original Wood Engravers'. He also produced lithographs, woodcuts and etchings often combining the latter with wood engraving

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

Beauvais PR1572 Prints




 
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