Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture

receive recognition, and then only an honorable mention. However his place in art history can be better understood by viewing his work as part of the transitional movement of traditional pleine aire landscape painting to that of Impressionism and modern art. In fact, in 1874 , the year before our work was done, Lépine participated in the first Impressionist exhibition that took place at the photographer Nadar’s gallery, where he exhibited together with avant garde-artists such as Cézanne, Pissarro, Degas, Monet, and Renoir. Probably depicting a scene nearby Paris in the Normandy countryside, our painting shows the strong influence of Corot while referencing the early paintings of Monet in its fresh color and broad brushwork.