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Most Devoted of Her Slaves by Briton Riviere #1805346

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Most Devoted of Her Slaves by Briton Riviere #1805346
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The Most Devoted of Her Slaves by Briton Riviere </em></td>
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Signed and dated 1894. Briton Riviere was an English painter; the surname indicates his descent from a Huguenot family which settled in England in the 17th Century. The family included several painters, and so Briton Riviere was introduced to art at a young age. He studied drawing and painting at Oxford, where, incidentally, his father William Riviere had persuaded the University to introduce the study of art for undergraduates. Though he exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1858, Riviere's first real success came only in 1869, with his picture The Long Sleep, showing an old man dead in his chair, watched by his two dogs. This sort of picture was ideally suited to attract the Victorian art lover, and Prisoners (1869) and Charity (1870) were also gloomy enough to win high praise. He began to exhibit Classical paintings from 1871, with Circe and the Friends of Ulysses producing an instant success:

His father, William Rivière, was for some years drawing-master at Cheltenham College, and afterwards an art teacher at Oxford. He was educated at Cheltenham College and at Oxford, where he took his degree in 1867. For his art training he was indebted almost entirely to his father, and early in life made for himself a place of importance among the artists of his time.

His first pictures appeared at the British Institution, and in 1857 he exhibited three works at the Royal Academy, but it was not until 1863 that he became a regular contributor to the Academy exhibitions. In that year he ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1894</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Briton Riviere</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:31.60</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:20</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Most Devoted of Her Slaves by Briton Riviere</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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