Burial in the Vendeen Marsh (Un enterrement dans le marais Vendeen)

Art Historical Context

**Burial in the Ven Marsh (Un enter dans le marais vendéen)** Auguste Lepère, a prominent French printmaker of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this poignant etching in 1901 The work captures a somber funeral procession in the marshy landscapes of the Vendée region western France, a place known for its vast wetlands and rural traditions. Lepère, celebrated for his meticulous depictions of everyday life and natural scenery, evokes a sense of quiet melancholy and communal ritual amid the misty, reed-filled marshes. As an etching—a printmaking technique where acid bites into a metal pla...

About the Artist

Auguste Lepère · 1849–1918

Auguste-Louis Lepère (1849–1918), son of the sculptor François Lepère, was born in Paris on November 30, 1849, into an artistic family that shaped his early path. At age thirteen, he apprenticed in the Paris studio of the English wood engraver Joseph Burn Smeeton, honing his skills in wood engraving until 1867. He furthered his training with drawing classes under Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran at the...