Henri Rivière's UniverseWaves, rains, silhouettes and daring framing make Henri Rivière an inventor of the modern image, from shadow theater to polychrome engraving.
1864 - 1951Artist's life
Paris, Montmartre, Paimpol and Trieux estuaryMain homes
Wood engraving, lithography, photography, watercolor, drawing and shadow theaterPractical
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1864 -1951 · Paris, Brittany and graphic Japonism
Waves, rains, silhouettes and daring framing make Henri Rivière an inventor of the modern image, from shadow theater to polychrome engraving.
Henri Rivière was born in Paris in 1864. Self-taught, curious about all techniques, he drew, engraved, photographed and joined the Montmartre world of Chat Noir at a very young age. At twenty-two, Rodolphe Salis entrusted him with the artistic direction of the cabaret's shadow theater. Rivière perfected a complex show where zinc silhouettes, colorful settings, music, smoke and light projections created moving sequences. This experience teaches him to simplify shapes, to think in superimposed shots and to lead the gaze as in a cinematographic story. At the same time, he discovered Brittany in 1884. Saint-Briac, Paimpol, Loguivy and the Trieux estuary became his large observation territories. There he designed ports, rural works, rains, cliffs and waves, then built a house where he stayed with Eugénie Ley, his partner and future wife. A passionate collector of Japanese prints, Rivière studied Hokusai and Hiroshige. He does not copy their motifs: he transposes their framing, their large voids, their series and their way of making the climate a subject. His Breton landscapes engraved on wood require several matrices and color passages. The lithographs of the Beau Pays de Bretagne then broaden this language. With the Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower, published in 1902, he responds directly to the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji from Hokusai. The metal structure appears from the quays, streets and construction sites, sometimes fragmented by a striking dive or low angle. A pioneering photographer, Rivière also followed the construction of the tower and took several hundred photos of Paris and Brittany. The Rain and the Wave sum up his view: a few diagonals, a horizon, a rhythm of water or wind are enough to convey the entire experience of a landscape. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. Died in 1951, he left a work that links print craftsmanship, Japanese culture, photography and the birth of modern visual spectacle. The "Henri Rivière" selection notably compares La Rain and the Wave. His reading favors light.
Rivière looks at Brittany and Paris with the eye of a Japanese engraver and the instinct of a director: each wave, beam or curtain of rain becomes a graphic event.
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Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Henri Rivière was born in Paris in 1864. Self-taught, curious about all techniques, he drew, engraved, photographed and joined the Montmartre world of Chat Noir at a very young age. At twenty-two, Rodolphe Salis entrusted him with the artistic direction of the cabaret's shadow theater. Rivière perfected a complex show where zinc silhouettes, colorful settings, music, smoke and light projections created moving sequences. This experience teaches him to simplify shapes, to think in superimposed shots and to lead the gaze as in a cinematographic story. At the same time, he discovered Brittany in 1884. Saint-Briac, Paimpol, Loguivy and the Trieux estuary became his large observation territories. There he designed ports, rural works, rains, cliffs and waves, then built a house where he stayed with Eugénie Ley, his partner and future wife. A passionate collector of Japanese prints, Rivière studied Hokusai and Hiroshige. He does not copy their motifs: he transposes their framing, their large voids, their series and their way of making the climate a subject. His Breton landscapes engraved on wood require several matrices and color passages. The lithographs of the Beau Pays de Bretagne then broaden this language. With the Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower, published in 1902, he responds directly to the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji from Hokusai. The metal structure appears from the quays, streets and construction sites, sometimes fragmented by a striking dive or low angle. A pioneering photographer, Rivière also followed the construction of the tower and took several hundred photos of Paris and Brittany. The Rain and the Wave sum up his view: a few diagonals, a horizon, a rhythm of water or wind are enough to convey the entire experience of a landscape. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. After 1917, he devoted himself mainly to watercolor. Died in 1951, he left a work that linked printmaking craftsmanship, Japanese culture, photography and the birth of modern visual
Paris, drawing and discovery of Brittany
Self-taught, first voyages and Montmartre prepare an artist attentive to the landscape as well as to popular spectacle. This milestone illuminates the "Henri Rivière" collection by favoring light.
Black Cat, polychrome woods and Eiffel Tower
Shadow theater, photography, Hokusai and printed series create a visual language of astonishing modernity.
Lithographs, travels and watercolors
The Beautiful Country of Brittany then the late works extend research on climate, light and framing.
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Japanese framing
Cut foreground, high horizon or extended void give the landscape a dynamic inspired by Hokusai and Hiroshige. This line guides a reading of "Henri Rivière" centered on light.
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Climate
Rain, mist, wave and snow structure the image in the same way as the characters or the architecture.
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Series
The repetition of a monument or a territory multiplies the points of view and transforms the view over time.
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Shadow and light
The Black Cat experience simplifies the silhouettes and makes each shot a staging element.
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Six readings specific to Henri Rivière
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Henri Rivière.
Breton climate01
The rain
The oblique lines, the path and the silhouettes make bad weather a moving graphic construction.
Landmark work by Henri Rivière. Reading of "Henri Rivière" through light.Japanese sea02
The wave
Curve of water, foam and horizon make up a monumental moment with an economy inherited from Japanese prints.
Landmark work by Henri RivièreStyle03
Japanese framing
Cut foreground, high horizon or extended void give the landscape a dynamic inspired by Hokusai and Hiroshige. This line guides a reading of "Henri Rivière" centered on light.
Reading key for Henri RivièreStyle04
Climate
Rain, mist, wave and snow structure the image in the same way as the characters or the architecture.
Reading key for Henri RivièreStyle05
Series
The repetition of a monument or a territory multiplies the points of view and transforms the view over time.
Reading key for Henri RivièreStyle06
Shadow and light
The Black Cat experience simplifies the silhouettes and makes each shot a staging element.
Reading key for Henri Rivière
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