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

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.

Paris, France