The Beech Woods at Kerzardem

Rivière’s prints were generally intended to be published as collections. These include forty images used in Breton Landscapes, created between 1890 and 1894. He also made color woodcuts for The Sea: Studies of Waves and prepared other sequences that remained unfinished, including 36 Views of the Eiffel Tower, which were eventually published as lithographs. These were influenced by the vogue for Japonism, modernizing the famous prints by Hiroshige and Hokusai of 36 Views of Mount Fuji. A perfect paint by numbers for Japan lovers!