L’enterrement au parapluies [Funeral under the Umbrellas]

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L’enterrement au parapluies [Funeral under the Umbrellas]

Artist Henri Rivière French, 1864-1951

Date1891

DimensionsOverall: 19 15/16 x 13 9/16 in. (507 x 344mm);
Image: 13 5/8 x 9 5/8 in.

MediumColor woodcut

ClassificationPrints

Credit LineFrederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund

Object number

2000.48

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Published ReferencesFields, Armond, Henri Riviere, Salt Lake City, Peregrine Smith Books, 1983, p. 82 [under "Planches Hors Serié.] Toudouze, Georges Gustave, Henri Riviere, peintre et imagier, Paris, H. Flaury, 1907, p. 164. Henri Rivière (1864-1951) a Retrospective Exhibition, New Brunswick, Jane voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, 1983.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, New Acquisitions in Graphic Arts, Dec. 21, 2001-March 30, 2002. Toledo Museum of Art, Strong Sensations: Impressionism and Symbolist Works on Paper, 1860-1900, April 23-June 20 2010 (no cat.). Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.Label TextThis print reflects the strong influence of Japanese art in late 19th-century Paris. Beginning in 1889, Henri Rivière was instrumental in introducing into French art the techniques of Japanese polychrome woodcuts. In complex, labor-intensive procedures, he cut the woodblocks, mixed the water-based inks, applied them by hand, and printed each impression without a press. Each color necessitated a separate woodblock; this print employed six. Rivière’s interest in the flattened compositional space, dramatic points of view, strong light-dark contrasts, and delicate blending of colors of Japanese woodblock artist Andō Hiroshige (1797–1858) is evident in this work. The silhouetted figures are reminiscent of Rivière’s designs for the shadow theater in the famous Montmartre café Le Chat Noir (The Black Cat).