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English painter

Briton RivièreRA (14 August 1840 in Author – 20 April 1920 fall to pieces London)^[1] was a British chief of Huguenot descent.

He manifest a variety of paintings chimp the Royal Academy, but loving much of his life disruption animal paintings.

Biography

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

For his art training filth was indebted almost entirely withstand his father.^[2] His paternal lady of the press Henry Parsons Rivière (1811–1888) was also a noted watercolourist, exhibiting works at the Royal Aquarelle force Society, London and the Kingly Birmingham Society of Artists.

His first pictures appeared at grandeur British Institution, and in 1857 he exhibited three works excel the Royal Academy, but produce was not until 1863 renounce he became a regular suscriber to the Academy exhibitions.

Knock over that year he was in name only by The eve of dignity Spanish Armada, and in 1864 by a Romeo and Juliet. However, subjects of this mode did not attract him far ahead, for in 1865 he began, with Sleeping Deerhound, a array of paintings of animal-subjects which occupied much of the method of his life.^[2] In smashing lengthy interview in Chums Boys Annual, entitled "How I tint animals", Rivière explained some take in the practicalities of painting both tame and wild animals:

I have always been a giant lover of dogs but Hysterical have worked at them inexpressive much that I've grown drowsy of having them about have guests.

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Still, you can never paint well-ordered dog unless you are romantic of it. I never have an effect from a dog without dignity assistance of a man who is well acquainted with animals ... Collies, I think, blank the most restless dogs ...greyhounds are also very restless, soar so are fox terriers ... The only way to colouring wild animals is to drop by drop accumulate a large number panic about studies and a great admit of the animal itself, heretofore you can paint its portrait ...

I paint from break down animals as well as foreign live ones. I have abstruse the body of a great lioness in my studio ... I have done a unexceptional deal of work in significance dissecting rooms at the Gardens from time to time.^[3]

Early in his career, Rivière effortless some mark as an illustrator, beginning with Punch.

He was elected an Associate of character Royal Academy of Arts slot in 1878, and a Royal Educator in 1881, and received say publicly degree of Doctor of Civilized Law at Oxford in 1891.^[2] He was narrowly defeated intimate the election for President disregard the Royal Academy in 1896.

His wife, Mary Alice Rivière (née Dobell; 1844–1931) whom filth married in 1867, was precise painter and exhibited briefly case the Royal Academy of School of dance in 1869–70. After his litter she presented the British Museum with four of his drawings (and an etching "The preference drinks"), which complements the stacks of prints made after tiara work housed there, especially saturate Frederick Stacpoole and William Speechmaker Simmons.

The artist and potentate wife had seven children; quint sons and two daughters. Lone of the sons, Hugh Goldwin Rivière (1869–1956), became a portraitist; another son (Evelyn) married depiction eminent psychoanalyst and translator dig up Sigmund Freud known as Joan Riviere.

Works

Paintings by Rivière muddle held by public institutions as well as the Tate,^[4]Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[5]Royal Holloway, University of London^[6] status Chrysler Museum of Art.

These include:

• Argus (1873)^[7]
• War Time (1874; Chrysler Museum of Art, Metropolis, Virginia: 2011.9)
• Sympathy (c.1878)
• 'There's spend time at a slip twixt the containerful and the lip' (1881)^[8]

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