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Henri Rivière

Artist

WA-00029137

PrintmakingArt NouveauSymbolism

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None documented

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90%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ2731112

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1972

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4946
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Henri Rivière was a French painter, printmaker, and theater designer whose work bridged Symbolism and Art Nouveau. Active from the 1880s through the early twentieth century, he produced landscapes, theatrical designs, and a substantial body of woodblock and lithographic prints influenced by Japanese compositional principles. His decorative sensibility and interest in color harmony extended across painting, stage design, and applied arts, establishing him as a significant figure in fin-de-siècle French visual culture.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago

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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Art Nouveau

Medium

Printmaking

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Rijksmuseum Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

Canonical record

Artworks (20)

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Pine Trees in Rain (Les Pins dans la pluie)

1907 · etching

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: La Tour en construction, vue de Trocadéro

1902 · color lithograph

Sheet: 43.2 x 50.8 cm (17 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: Rue Beethoven

1902 · color lithograph

Sheet: 43.2 x 50.8 cm (17 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: En haut de la Tour

1902 · color lithograph

Sheet: 43.2 x 50.8 cm (17 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: De Quai de Passy -Charbonniers

1902 · color lithograph

Sheet: 43.2 x 50.8 cm (17 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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On the Bateau-Mouche

1902 · color lithograph

Image: 17 x 21 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.); Sheet: 22.3 x 26.8 cm (8 3/4 x 10 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Trocadéro

1900 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

Image: 52.5 × 81.9 cm (20 11/16 × 32 1/4 in.); Sheet: 64.3 × 90 cm (25 3/8 × 35 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Twilight

1898 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

54.5 × 82.8 cm (21 1/2 × 32 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Cliff, from The Aspects of Nature (La Falaise, from Les Aspects de la Nature)

1897 · Color lithograph on ivory wove paper

Sheet: 64.6 × 90 cm (25 7/16 × 35 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Night at Sea

1897 · Color lithograph on cream wove paper

54.6 × 83 cm (21 1/2 × 32 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Washing Beneath the Trees, Loguivy

1894 · Color woodcut in 10 colors on cream laid Japanese paper

Image: 35.5 × 23 cm (14 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 52.3 × 35.5 cm (20 5/8 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Washing Beneath the Trees, Loguivy

1894 · Color woodcut in 10 colors on cream laid Japanese paper

Image: 35.6 × 23 cm (14 1/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 52.2 × 35.5 cm (20 9/16 × 14 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Washing Beneath the Trees, Loguivy

1894 · Color woodcut in 10 colors on cream laid Japanese paper

Image: 35.4 × 23 cm (13 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.); Sheet: 53.2 × 35.4 cm (21 × 13 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Eiffeltoren gezien van het viaduct van Auteuil

1891 · color woodcut on paper

width: 348 cm, height: 261 cm

Rijksmuseum

Enterrement à Trestraou (Burial at Trestraou)

1891 · Woodcut

composition: 7 1/2 x 11 3/8" (19 x 28.9 cm); sheet: 8 1/4 x 12 3/8" (21 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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The Sea--Studies of Waves: Wave in the Rain

1890 · color woodcut

Sheet: 34.3 x 50.6 cm (13 1/2 x 19 15/16 in.); Image: 22.6 x 34.3 cm (8 7/8 x 13 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Small Wave Ascending, Pointe de la Haye

1890 · Color woodcut in 6 colors on cream laid Japanese paper

Image: 22.8 × 34.6 cm (9 × 13 5/8 in.); Sheet: 34.9 × 52.1 cm (13 3/4 × 20 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paris in Winter (Paris en hiver) program for The Brothers Zemganno (Les Frères Zemganno) and Two Lovebirds (Deux tourtereaux) from The Beraldi Album of Theatre Programs

1890 · One from an album of 50 lithographs

sheet: 8 5/16 x 12 1/16" (21.1 x 30.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Funeral Party

1884 · Etching and drypoint on Japanese paper

Image/plate: 24.8 × 19.6 cm (9 13/16 × 7 3/4 in.); Sheet: 27.7 × 21.7 cm (10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Zee, in een baai, met schepen voor de rotsige kust

1874 · brush on paper, deck paint, watercolor (paint)

width: 341 cm, height: 225 cm

Rijksmuseum

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Artwork sources (5)

20 published of 60 catalogued · 53 with image

Art Institute Chicago
9 published9 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
MoMA
2 publishedof 4 catalogued4 img
Rijksmuseum
2 published2 img
+ 1 more source · 38 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Eiffeltoren gezien van het viaduct van Auteuil
1891 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: Rue Beethoven
1902 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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On the Bateau-Mouche
1902 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Pine Trees in Rain (Les Pins dans la pluie)
1907 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Zee, in een baai, met schepen voor de rotsige kust
1874 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Sea--Studies of Waves: Wave in the Rain
1890 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: En haut de la Tour
1902 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: La Tour en construction, vue de Trocadéro
1902 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

Artsy

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

Movements2

Art Nouveau Symbolism

Collections4

Rijksmuseum Art Institute of Chicago Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

New York · 1983

Group Exhibition Symbolism, Synthesists, and the Fin-de-Si�cle

New York · 1972