Never sweat a purchase! Find great deals and get the item you ordered or your money back. Shop Now: eBay Has Your Back! Les Trente-Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel (original French title)Thirty-six lithograph printed in four tones on thick wove paper, 1888-1902.Reference: Fields pages 77-78.The series was conceived as a series of woodcuts at the time of the construction of the tower, circa 1888, but was finally made into a set of lithographs in 1902. Printed and published by Eugène Verneau, Paris.Plate: each circa 6.
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This stunning re-creation of Henri Rivière's 1902 volume Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower offers a tribute to the greatest sight in the City of Light. Sometimes looming in the foreground, sometimes a tiny detail on the horizon, the Eiffel Tower is always present. Rivière's quietly beautiful color palette reflects his engagement with the era's most beloved artistic styles, including. This object is Thirty-six Views of the Eiffel Tower with the accession number of 2007.83. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to
[email protected] and include your name and the object's accession number. We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and. Description. The Eiffel Tower, erected in 1889 for the Paris Universal Exposition, reached almost double the height of any other structure yet built and thus symbolized modern technology, the new age of iron over stone. Rivière was the first artist to investigate the pictorial possibilities of the Tower and its effect on the Paris cityscape. French artist Henri Riviere's Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower were inspired by his love of Japanese art - specifically Hokusai's famous 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Much of his technique was inspired by Japonisme, but the subject matter is pure turn-of-the-century Paris - myriad scenes of city life feature the tower both completed and during.
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The Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower, which occupied Henri Rivière for the better part of a decade, are almost the distilled essence of the passion for Japanese art, especially color woodblock prints, that consumed the French art world in the later decades of the nineteenth century. Rivière's specific model was Katsushika Hokusai's. 4.42. 36 ratings10 reviews. Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower is an eminently giftable tribute to the greatest sight in the City of Light. A gorgeous re-creation of Henri Rivi re's original 1902 volume offers a stunning view of turn-of-the-century Paris. Sometimes looming in the foreground, sometimes a tiny detail on the horizon, the tower. Title: Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower Creator: Henri Rivière Creator Lifespan: French, 1864-1951 Date: 1888-1902, published 1902 Type: Book Medium: Bound volume of 36 color lithographs Dimensions: Book: 292 x 235 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 1/4 in.) Sheet: 270 x 225 mm. (10 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.) Credit Line: Purchased as the gift of Louis Berman, Glyndon, Maryland. Google Arts & Culture features content from over 2000 leading museums and archives who have partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to bring the world's treasures online.
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Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower is an eminently giftable tribute to the greatest sight in the City of Light. A gorgeous re-creation of Henri Rivire's original 1902 volume offers a stunning view of turn-of-the-century Paris. Sometimes looming in the foreground, sometimes a tiny detail on the horizon, the tower is always present: piercing. Modelled on Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai's (1760-1849) woodblock prints titled 'Thirty‑six views of Mount Fuji' c.1830-32 woodblock prints, Henri Riviere's 'Les Trente-six vues de la Tour Eiffel' ('Thirty-six views of the Eiffel Tower') 1888-1902 is regarded as one of the finest examples of Japonisme, a term coined.
Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (1902), 36 images; The Noirot Wind (1906), 4 images; Rivière ceased making prints in 1917, effectively retiring as a professional artist, but continued to work on watercolours in his later years. He died on August 24, 1951. Notes Description. The Eiffel Tower, erected in 1889 for the Paris Universal Exposition, reached almost double the height of any other structure yet built and thus symbolized modern technology, the new age of iron over stone. Rivière was the first artist to investigate the pictorial possibilities of the Tower and its effect on the Paris cityscape.
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10 Henri Riviere, Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower (Les Trente-Six Vues de la Tour Eiffel), 1888-1902. Series of 36 lithographs printed in four tones on thick-wove paper. 11 Armond Fields, Henri Rivière (Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books, 1983). 12 Henri Rivière, Les détours du chemin, souvenirs, notes et croquis, 1864-1951 This view of Trocadero Park features one of the sculptures that surrounded a large basin that collected water from a large cascade. The sculpture of an elk stuggling with a boa constrictor was made Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower: From Behind Frémiet's Elk (Trocadero) | Cleveland Museum of Art