French1864–1951
Henri Rivière
A Parisian artist and designer who created the celebrated shadow theatre at the Chat Noir cabaret in Montmartre. In 1888 he began collecting Japanese art and taught himself Japanese woodblock printing, making his own tools and inks. His colour prints of Brittany and of Paris brought the lessons of Japanese printmakers into French landscape.
A life in paintings
- 1864Born
- 1888Was influenced by Katsushika HokusaiParis
Rivière collected Japanese prints from 1888 and taught himself Japanese woodblock printing; his 1902 album of Eiffel Tower lithographs takes its title and its idea, one landmark seen from many places, from Hokusai's Fuji series.
Source: Wikipedia - 1902
- 1951Died
School friends in Paris in the 1870s who later studied art together; Signac introduced Rivière to the Montmartre cabarets, above all Le Chat Noir.
Circles
Society · Montmartre, Paris · 1881
Le Chat Noir
Montmartre cabaret whose artists, writers and musicians formed a circle; Rivière built and ran its shadow theatre from 1886–87 until the last show in January 1897.
Where to see them
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
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