Landscape

Auguste Louis Lepère's 1915 landscape drawing demonstrates the artist's mastery of pen and wash technique. Tall trees with delicately rendered foliage frame a rural scene where small figures populate a path near water. Lepère's careful linework—from detailed vegetation to the architectural structure on the right—creates atmospheric depth through varied mark-making. The composition balances precise observation with loose, expressive strokes, characteristic of his practice as both painter and printmaker. The artist's signature and date appear at lower right, anchoring this study of light and shadow in the French countryside tradition.