Leon Augustin Lhermitte - La Boucherie The Butcher Shop

La Boucherie (The Butcher Shop)

Leon-Augustin Lhermitte's original etching, "La Boucherie" (The Butcher Shop) is printed upon laid paper and as published in Paris between 1880-1890. This impression is signed in the lower left corner of the plate by Leon Lhermitte. This etching depicts an interior scene within a modest butcher's shop and clearly shows the power of Lhermitte's etched art. "La Boucherie" is a fine, original example of the art created by the French artist of Leon-Augustin L'hermitte.

Original Etching by the French artist Leon-Augustin Lhermitte (Leon Lhermitte).

La Boucherie (The Butcher Shop)

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Leon-Augustin L'hermitte (Mont-Saint-Pere, 1844 - Paris, 1925)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Interieur de Moulin a Kersaint, Finistere (Interior of a Mill in Kersaint, Finistere) by Leon-Augustin Lhermitte	Original Etching	1875	Signed by Leon Lhermitte in the lower left corner of the plate as published by Alfred Cadart in 1874 for the "L'Eau-Forte en 1875".	Sold
02.-		La Boucherie (The Butcher Shop) by Leon-Augustin Lhermitte	Original Etching	c. 1880 - 1890	Signed by Leon Lhermitte in the lower left corner of the plate.	Sold

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Title:	La Boucherie (The Butcher Shop)
Artist:	Lhermitte, Leon-Augustin (Mont-Saint-Pere, 1844 - Paris, 1925)
Date:	c. 1880 - 1890
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Leon-Augustin L'hermitte (Leon L'hermitte): A great French painter and etcher of the late nineteenth century, Leon Lhermitte was a student of Lecocq de Boisbourdran. He first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1864 and was quickly acclaimed. Many awards and titles were bestowed upon Lhermitte during his career, such as the French Legion of Honour (1884) and the Grand Prize at the Exposition Universelle in 1889.
	Lhermitte's fine etchings have drawn comparison to the art of such diverse masters as Camile Pissarro, Alphonse Legros, Maxime Lalanne and Jules-Bastien Lepage. Lhermitte. Lhermitte, however, claimed that his strongest inspiration in the arts came from the work of Millet. Like Millet, Lhermitte was drawn to the life and nobility of the poor, whether in the streets of Paris or in the countryside. La Boucherie, for example, depicts an interior scene within a modest butcher's shop and clearly shows the power of Lhermitte's etched art. His gift to portray the people and their environment with both sensitivity and dignity made Lhermitte perhaps the greatest French realist artist since Courbet. The artist can be found listed under the last name of (L'hermitte) and (Lhermitte)
	Today, Leon-Augustin L'hermitte's etchings and paintings are housed in major public collections around the world, including museums in Boston, Washington, Chicago, Montreal, Brussels, Rheims, Paris, Moscow and Florence.
Size:	8 X 7 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed upon laid paper and with margins trimmed just after the plate-mark. Containing several marginal tears, which do not enter into the actual etching. Else a finely printed, early impression and in very good condition throughout. Signed in the plate to the lower left by the artist. La Boucherie represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Leon Lhermitte.
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