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Henri Rivière The man behind the camera
From October 29th, 2024 to March 09th, 2025
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Une femme et une petite fille descendant une rue de Montmartre, entre 1885 et 1895
Musée d'Orsay
Achat, 1987
© Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
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Henri Rivière was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, engraver, and poet who created the shadow theater at the Chat noir cabaret in 1886, as well as being a collector of Far-Eastern art and a photographer.
Drawing on his experience with projection and enchanted by Japanese art, he created images where flat sheets of color, jagged silhouettes, chiaroscuro, and Japanese-inspired compositions sit side by side. His visual experiments center around images of his partner, captured in moments of intimacy, the Breton countryside, and Parisian market scenes, as well as the construction site for the Eiffel tower.
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Une femme et une petite fille descendant une rue de Montmartre, entre 1885 et 1895
Musée d'Orsay
Achat, 1987
© Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
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Eugèenie Rivière précédée de son chien dans un bois, Bretagne, vers 1895
Musée d'Orsay
Achat, 1987
© RMN-Grand Palais (Musée d’Orsay) / image RMN-GP
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Eugénie Rivière dans un paysage de lande, Bretagne, vers 1895
Musée d'Orsay
Achat, 1987
© Musée d’Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Patrice Schmidt
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