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1840 - 1920. Known for: Figure, animal, classical, allegorical paintings.
Briton Riviere British 1840-1920. Briton Riviere came from a family of no fewer than four generations of exhibitors at the London Royal Academy. Born in London in 1840, he was drawing and painting at... Read full biography
Briton Riviere British 1840-1920. Briton Riviere came from a family of no fewer than four generations of exhibitors at the London Royal Academy. Born in London in 1840, he was drawing and painting at an early age. His father, feeling that some knowledge of Fine Arts should be an essential part of... Read full biography
Briton Riviere British 1840-1920. Briton Riviere came from a family of no fewer than four generations of exhibitors at the London Royal Academy. Born in London in 1840, he was drawing and painting at an early age. His father, feeling that some knowledge of Fine Arts should be an essential part of an education, and being Master of the drawing school at Cheltenham College, have him his initial lessons. He was also to study later with John Pettie and William Orchardson. At the age of eleven, two... Read full biography
Briton Riviere British 1840-1920. Briton Riviere came from a family of no fewer than four generations of exhibitors at the London Royal Academy. Born in London in 1840, he was drawing and painting at an early age. His father, feeling that some knowledge of Fine Arts should be an essential part of an education, and being Master of the drawing school at Cheltenham College, have him his initial lessons. He was also to study later with John Pettie and William Orchardson. At the age of eleven, two of his pictures were exhibited at the British Institution. Eventually Riviere entered Oxford, receiving a B.A. in 1867 and an M.A. in 1873. At the time of his graduation, he was already an exhibitor at the Royal Academy although it wasn't until 1866... Read full biography
Briton Riviere British 1840-1920. Briton Riviere came from a family of no fewer than four generations of exhibitors at the London Royal Academy. Born in London in 1840, he was drawing and painting at an early age. His father, feeling that some knowledge of Fine Arts should be an essential part of an education, and being Master of the drawing school at Cheltenham College, have him his initial lessons. He was also to study later with John Pettie and William Orchardson. At the age of eleven, two of his pictures were exhibited at the British Institution. Eventually Riviere entered Oxford, receiving a B.A. in 1867 and an M.A. in 1873. At the time of his graduation, he was already an exhibitor at the Royal Academy although it wasn't until 1866 that the artist was to receive popular notice. Riviere was elected an Associate of the Academy... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeWar Time "Over valley and wold Wherever I turn my head There's a mildew and a mould, The sun's going out overhead, And I'm very old, And Tommy's dead"
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