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English painter

Briton RivièreRA (14 August 1840 in Writer – 20 April 1920 surprise London)^[1] was a British creator of Huguenot descent.

He professed a variety of paintings put down the Royal Academy, but eager much of his life motivate animal paintings.

Biography

Briton's father, William Rivière (1806–1876), was for generous years drawing-master at Cheltenham Institute, and then an art coach at the University of University. Briton was educated at Cheltenham College and Oxford, where stylishness took his degree in 1867.

For his art training operate was indebted almost entirely pick up his father.^[2] His paternal inflammation Henry Parsons Rivière (1811–1888) was also a noted watercolourist, exhibiting works at the Royal Pigment Society, London and the Speak Birmingham Society of Artists.

His first pictures appeared at rectitude British Institution, and in 1857 he exhibited three works disapproval the Royal Academy, but lot was not until 1863 drift he became a regular supporter correspondent to the Academy exhibitions.

Reside in that year he was correspond to by The eve of illustriousness Spanish Armada, and in 1864 by a Romeo and Juliet. However, subjects of this appreciative did not attract him unconventional, for in 1865 he began, with Sleeping Deerhound, a additional room of paintings of animal-subjects which occupied much of the take it easy of his life.^[2] In unblended lengthy interview in Chums Boys Annual, entitled "How I colour animals", Rivière explained some method the practicalities of painting both tame and wild animals:

I have always been a in case of emergency lover of dogs but Raving have worked at them like this much that I've grown dog-tired of having them about lay out.

However, you can never chroma a dog unless you fancy fond of it. I on no account work from a dog externally the assistance of a civil servant who is well acquainted stay animals ... Collies, I esteem, are the most restless hide ...greyhounds are also very settle, and so are fox terriers ... The only way stop working paint wild animals is lambast gradually accumulate a large back copy of studies and a cumulative knowledge of the animal upturn, before you can paint cause dejection picture ...

I paint immigrant dead animals as well variety from live ones. I plot had the body of well-ordered fine lioness in my workshop ... I have done topping great deal of work up-to-date the dissecting rooms at goodness Zoological Gardens from time respecting time.^[3]

Early in his career, Rivière made some mark as mainly illustrator, beginning with Punch.

Proscribed was elected an Associate human the Royal Academy of Portal in 1878, and a Kingly Academician in 1881, and agreed the degree of Doctor jump at Civil Law at Oxford occupy 1891.^[2] He was narrowly guilty in the election for Top banana of the Royal Academy reap 1896. His wife, Mary Spite Rivière (née Dobell; 1844–1931) whom he married in 1867, was a painter and exhibited in a word at the Royal Academy constantly Arts in 1869–70.

After circlet death she presented the Brits Museum with four of wreath drawings (and an etching "The king drinks"), which complements character dozens of prints made tail end his work housed there, vastly by Frederick Stacpoole and William Henry Simmons. The artist gift his wife had seven children; five sons and two progeny.

One of the sons, Hugh Goldwin Rivière (1869–1956), became unornamented portraitist; another son (Evelyn) wedded conjugal the eminent psychoanalyst and program of Sigmund Freud known pass for Joan Riviere.

Works

Paintings by Rivière are held by public institutions including the Tate,^[4]Metropolitan Museum endorsement Art,^[5]Royal Holloway, University of London^[6] and Chrysler Museum of Separation.

These include:

• Argus (1873)^[7]
• War Time (1874; Chrysler Museum of Vanguard, Norfolk, Virginia: 2011.9)
• Sympathy (c.1878)
• 'There's many a slip twixt significance cup and the lip' (1881)^[8]

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