Léon Augustin Lhermitte

French · 1844–1925 · Painter, Printmaker

Léon Augustin Lhermitte was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work. (Wikipedia)

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Léon Augustin Lhermitte was a French naturalist painter and etcher whose primary subject matter was rural scenes depicting peasants at work.

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Born 1844, Mont-Saint-PèreDied 1925, ParisOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q2756381 ↗ULAN 500019500 ↗Museum works 23

Naturalism

Also known as Augustin Lhermitte, l. l'hermitte, Léon A. Lhermitte, leon aug. lhermitte, Léon Augustin Lhermite, Léon Augustin l'Hermitte, Leon Augustine L'Hermitte, Léon For Lhermitte see L'Hermitte L. and 3 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, An Elderly Peasant Woman — **An Elderly Peasant Woman**c. 1878 · charcoal with black chalk, with stumping, scraping erasing and wetting, on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Dyke — Ope…

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, An Episcopal Visitation — **An Episcopal Visitation**1881 · etching on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Andrew Robison — Open Access (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Washerwomen Setting the Linens Out to Dry — **Washerwomen Setting the Linens Out to Dry**1884 · black charcoal with brown pastel on wove paper laid down on board
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Merritt Porter Dyke in Honor of …

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Weaver's Cottage — **The Weaver's Cottage**c. 1903 · pastel, conté crayon, and charcoal on tan paper, mounted on canvas (on wooden stretcher)
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Merritt Porter Dyke in Honor of …

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Study of Two Women, One Seated and One Holding a Basket — **Study of Two Women, One Seated and One Holding a Basket**1879 · graphite and white gouache on blue-gray laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, William B. O'Neal Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Paying the harvesters — **Paying the harvesters**1882
Musée d'Orsay ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée d'Orsay

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Haymaking — **Haymaking**1887
Van Gogh Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Van Gogh Museum

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, 1=''Old Harvester's Meal — **1=''Old Harvester's Meal**1886
Brooklyn Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brooklyn Museum

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Church of Saint-Eugène (L'Église de Saint-Eugène) — **The Church of Saint-Eugène (L'Église de Saint-Eugène)**1884
Brooklyn Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Brooklyn Museum

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Grape Harvest — **The Grape Harvest**1884
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Léon Augustin Lhermitte, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of…

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Among the Humble — **Among the Humble**1905
Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Léon Augustin Lhermitte, via Wikimedia Commons (CC0) — Metropolitan Museum of…

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Harvesters — **The Harvesters**1888
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Art Institute of Chicago

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Friend of the Humble (Supper at Emmaus) — **Friend of the Humble (Supper at Emmaus)**1892
Museum of Fine Arts Boston ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Harvest — **Harvest**1872 · Etching, aquatint, and scraping on tan wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Reapers — **The Reapers**c. 1872 · Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Charles Deering Collection — public domain (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Lectern — **The Lectern**1871 · Black chalk with smudging, scraping and erasing with traces of white chalk on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of an Anonymous Donor — public domain (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Women Praying in Church — **Women Praying in Church**1875/1885 · Charcoal, with stumping, scraping and erasing, on ivory laid paper (discolored to cream), perimeter mounted on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Alfred E. Hamill — public domain (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Quai au Sable, Chartèves — **Quai au Sable, Chartèves**1904 · pastel on gray wove paper
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Interior of a Butcher Shop — **Interior of a Butcher Shop**c. 1881 · charcoal and black chalk heightened with white chalk (media continue onto secondary support)
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Muriel S. Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, The Apple Market at Landerneau — **The Apple Market at Landerneau**1878 · pen and brown ink over tracing in red chalk
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Seated Peasant Woman — **Seated Peasant Woman**c. 1885 · charcoal
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin — Open Access (CC0)

Léon Augustin Lhermitte, Fishing Boats on the Beach at Étretat — **Fishing Boats on the Beach at Étretat**August 1865 · charcoal (stumped)
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Barbara Greenough Bradley in memory of her m…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), Smithsonian Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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