Briton Rivière
Briton Rivière RA | |
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Born | London | 14 August 1840
Died | 20 April 1920 | (aged 79)
Nationality | British |
Known for | animal painting |
Briton Rivière
Biography
Briton's father,
His first pictures appeared at the
I have always been a great lover of dogs but I have worked at them so much that I've grown tired of having them about me. However, you can never paint a dog unless you are fond of it. I never work from a dog without the assistance of a man who is well acquainted with animals ... Collies, I think, are the most restless dogs ...
fox terriers ... The only way to paint wild animals is to gradually accumulate a large number of studies and a great knowledge of the animal itself, before you can paint its picture ... I paint from dead animals as well as from live ones. I have had the body of a fine lioness in my studio ... I have done a great deal of work in the dissecting rooms at the Zoological Gardens from time to time.[3]
Early in his career, Rivière made some mark as an illustrator, beginning with
Works
Paintings by Rivière are held by public institutions including the Tate,[4] Metropolitan Museum of Art,[5] Royal Holloway, University of London[6] and Chrysler Museum of Art.
These include:
- Argus (1873)[7]
- War Time (1874; Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia: 2011.9)
- Sympathy (c.1878)
- 'There's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip' (1881)[8]
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Daniel in the Lions' Den (1872; Walker Art Gallery)
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Daniel's Answer to the King (1890; Manchester Art Gallery)
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney)
References
- ^ Ann Lauren: Biography of Rivière
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Riviere, Briton". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 387. This cites Sir Walter Armstrong, "Briton Riviere, R.A.: His Life and Work", Art Annual (1891). One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ "How I paint animals", Chums Boys Annual, No. 256, Vol. V, 4 August 1897
- ^ "Briton Riviere". Tate. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Pallas Athena and the Herdsman's Dogs". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ISBN 0-902194-08-9.
- ^ Samuel Armitage, his sale, Christie's, London, 13 June 1919, lot 155.
- ^ Frederick Smallfield, his sale, Christie's, London, 27 March 1896, lot 141.
Sources
- Armstrong, Sir Walter (1891). Briton Rivière, R.A; His Life and Work, The Art Annual.
- Reynolds, Simon. "Riviere, Briton (1840–1920)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35766. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)