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Briton Rivière

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378: 397: 359: 47: 115: 689: 239: 448: 234:... 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. 225:
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
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at Oxford in 1891. He was narrowly defeated in the election for President of the Royal Academy in 1896. His wife, Mary Alice Rivière (née Dobell; 1844–1931) whom he married in 1867, was a painter and exhibited briefly at the
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with four of his drawings (and an etching "The king drinks"), which complements the dozens of prints made after his work housed there, especially by
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lying down beside the slain dragon is a radical departure from the triumphant equestrian position in which this saint is traditionally depicted.
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Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
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Victorian Taste, The complete catalogue of paintings at Royal Holloway College
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Early in his career, Rivière made some mark as an illustrator, beginning with
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Frederick Smallfield, his sale, Christie's, London, 27 March 1896, lot 141.
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Samuel Armitage, his sale, Christie's, London, 13 June 1919, lot 155.
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Paintings by Rivière are held by public institutions including the
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descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the
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Oxford University Press. 45: 31: 143:– 20 April 1920 in London) was a British 441: 439: 437: 610:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 528:"Pallas Athena and the Herdsman's Dogs" 422: 354: 699:54 artworks by or after Briton Rivière 601:Briton Rivière, R.A; His Life and Work 409:Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 264:Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts 123:– Rivière's depiction of an exhausted 754:People educated at Cheltenham College 7: 317:Royal Holloway, University of London 270:in 1881, and received the degree of 230:are also very restless, and so are 190:His first pictures appeared at the 185:Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 25: 769:20th-century English male artists 764:19th-century English male artists 644:"British Artists. Briton Riviere" 171:, and then an art teacher at the 690:Works by or about Briton Rivière 530:. 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He was elected an 173:University of Oxford 108:Paintings of animals 285:Frederick Stacpoole 272:Doctor of Civil Law 205:, and in 1864 by a 192:British Institution 139:(14 August 1840 in 759:Royal Academicians 369:Walker Art Gallery 254: 213:Sleeping Deerhound 169:Cheltenham College 129: 625:(Subscription or 603:, The Art Annual. 493:Chums Boys Annual 268:Royal Academician 218:Chums Boys Annual 183:, London and the 163:Briton's father, 112: 111: 51:1881 portrait by 16:(Redirected from 776: 694:Internet Archive 679: 660:10.2307/20569177 630: 622: 583: 580: 574: 571: 565: 564: 546: 540: 539: 537: 535: 524: 518: 517: 515: 513: 506:"Briton Riviere" 502: 496: 489: 483: 473: 452: 450: 449: 443: 432: 427: 399: 380: 361: 247:, published 1884 208:Romeo and Juliet 138: 87: 69: 67: 49: 32: 21: 784: 783: 779: 778: 777: 775: 774: 773: 749:Animal painters 714: 713: 686: 648:The Art Journal 641: 638: 636:Further reading 633: 624: 606: 592: 587: 586: 581: 577: 572: 568: 561: 548: 547: 543: 533: 531: 526: 525: 521: 511: 509: 504: 503: 499: 490: 486: 464:Riviere, Briton 462:, ed. 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Briton Riviere

Philip Hermogenes Calderon
London, England

St. George and the Dragon
St. George
RA
London
artist
Huguenot
Royal Academy
William Rivière
Cheltenham College
University of Oxford
Henry Parsons Rivière
Royal Watercolour Society
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
British Institution
Royal Academy
Spanish Armada
Romeo and Juliet
Chums Boys Annual
greyhounds
fox terriers

Rivière by J. P. Mayall from Artists at Home, published 1884
Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC
Punch
Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts

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