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367: 386: 348: 36: 104: 228: 678: 437: 223:... 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. 214:
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. 34: 132:– 20 April 1920 in London) was a British 630: 447: 430: 428: 426: 226: 102: 599:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 531: 517:"Pallas Athena and the Herdsman's Dogs" 705: 688:54 artworks by or after Briton Rivière 590:Briton Rivière, R.A; His Life and Work 398:Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 253:Associate of the Royal Academy of Arts 112:– Rivière's depiction of an exhausted 743:People educated at Cheltenham College 423: 595: 306:Royal Holloway, University of London 259:in 1881, and received the degree of 219:are also very restless, and so are 179:His first pictures appeared at the 174:Royal Birmingham Society of Artists 13: 624: 14: 769: 758:20th-century English male artists 753:19th-century English male artists 672: 633:"British Artists. Briton Riviere" 160:, and then an art teacher at the 679:Works by or about Briton Rivière 519:. The Metropolitan Museum of Art 484:, No. 256, Vol. V, 4 August 1897 435: 419:Ann Lauren: Biography of Rivière 384: 365: 346: 565: 556: 509: 487: 474: 412: 1: 733:20th-century English painters 723:19th-century English painters 405: 232:Rivière by J. P. Mayall from 616:UK public library membership 147: 7: 373:Daniel's Answer to the King 10: 774: 578: 302:Metropolitan Museum of Art 215:the most restless dogs ... 42:Philip Hermogenes Calderon 170:Royal Watercolour Society 109:St. George and the Dragon 93: 85: 69: 48: 33: 23: 631:Dafforne, James (1878). 538:Chapel, Jeannie (1982). 354:Daniel in the Lions' Den 291: 480:"How I paint animals", 458:Encyclopædia Britannica 608:10.1093/ref:odnb/35766 377:Manchester Art Gallery 310:Chrysler Museum of Art 242: 225: 117: 728:English male painters 586:Armstrong, Sir Walter 278:William Henry Simmons 266:Royal Academy of Arts 230: 212: 166:Henry Parsons Rivière 106: 465:Sir Walter Armstrong 282:Hugh Goldwin Rivière 251:. He was elected an 162:University of Oxford 97:Paintings of animals 274:Frederick Stacpoole 261:Doctor of Civil Law 194:, and in 1864 by a 181:British Institution 128:(14 August 1840 in 748:Royal Academicians 358:Walker Art Gallery 243: 202:Sleeping Deerhound 158:Cheltenham College 118: 614:(Subscription or 592:, The Art Annual. 482:Chums Boys Annual 257:Royal Academician 207:Chums Boys Annual 172:, London and the 152:Briton's father, 101: 100: 40:1881 portrait by 765: 683:Internet Archive 668: 649:10.2307/20569177 619: 611: 572: 569: 563: 560: 554: 553: 535: 529: 528: 526: 524: 513: 507: 506: 504: 502: 495:"Briton Riviere" 491: 485: 478: 472: 462: 441: 439: 438: 432: 421: 416: 388: 369: 350: 236:, published 1884 197:Romeo and Juliet 127: 76: 58: 56: 38: 21: 20: 773: 772: 768: 767: 766: 764: 763: 762: 738:Animal painters 703: 702: 675: 637:The Art Journal 627: 625:Further reading 622: 613: 581: 576: 575: 570: 566: 561: 557: 550: 536: 532: 522: 520: 515: 514: 510: 500: 498: 493: 492: 488: 479: 475: 453:Riviere, Briton 451:, ed. 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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
Royal Academician

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