Moret: the Wood-Mill Possibly 1908

Auguste-Louis Lepère made this print, Moret: the Wood-Mill, using etching and engraving, which is like a tightrope walk with a needle, you know? The whole thing feels like a memory, doesn’t it? Look at how he’s layered the images, almost like a collage, but all done with these tiny, precise lines. The buildings and bridges are all smudged, like they’re fading into the mist. He's not just showing us the scene; he's showing us how we remember places. Check out the bridge at the bottom. Lepère’s used these quick, scribbly lines to create this amazing sense of depth and reflection in the water. It's like he's saying, "Here's a solid thing, but it's also always changing, always being reflected and distorted." It reminds me of Piranesi's etchings of Rome, that same love of architecture and the way it crumbles and shifts over time. Art’s a conversation, right? Lepère’s just adding his voice to the mix, one tiny line at a time.