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In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
In the 1880s, Lepère was an early exponent of the woodcut as a fine art medium, experimenting with the technique and exhibiting his prints. His example probably encouraged Henri Rivière to produce woodcuts in the Japanese manner (see Wave in the Rain). In fact, Lepère and Rivière created the first French color woodcuts conceived and printed entirely in imitation of Japanese woodcut techniques. By 1890, woodcut would be taken up by the sculptor Aristide Maillol and such painters as Félix Vallotton and Paul Gauguin, and by 1895, a full-scale revival was underway.
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Pierre Louis Gatier (French, 1878–1944) — St. Nazaire
Muirhead Bone (British, 1876–1953) — Evening, Port of Genoa
William Henry Drake (American, 1856–1926) — Tail Piece for C
Félix Hilaire Buhot (French, 1847–1898) — The Cliff: Bay of 
Mary Nimmo Moran (American, 1842–1899) — Gardiner's Bay, Lon
Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818–1910) — Breaking up of 
Ernest Haskell (American, 1876–1925) — The Ostrich
James Craig Nicoll (American, 1847–1918) — The Smuggler's La
Félix Bracquemond|Joseph Mallord William Turner — La locomot
Gustave Leheutre (French, 1861–1932) — L. Th. de la Ris vue 
Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831–1915) — Marine Scene
David Young Cameron (British, 1865–1945) — Arran
