Édouard Riou
Édouard Riou was a French painter, writer, graphic artist, illustrator, draftsperson and watercolorist (1833–1900). He was born in Saint-Servan-sur-Mer and died in Paris.
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Édouard Riou
![Arequipa, Peru: ten corpses inside a chulpa (mausoleum) among the Aymara tribe. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edouard Riou, 1873., [1873], by Édouard Riou](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0050676/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
Édouard Riou · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1833 · Saint-Servan-sur-Mer
- Died
- 1900 · Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- painter · writer · graphic artist · illustrator · draftsperson · watercolorist
- Fields
- young adult literature
- Movements
- Orientalist painting
- Teachers
- Charles-François Daubigny · Gustave Doré
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
In this article
Career and activity
Training under Charles-François Daubigny and Gustave Doré is recorded. The recorded working language is French.
The field of work recorded is young adult literature. The authority associates the name with Orientalist painting.
Places of work recorded in the authority are France.
Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour.
Édouard Riou worked in young adult literature. His work is associated with Orientalist painting.
He worked at France.
Identity
Friars at Pevas (Pebas, Pehuas), Peru, showing to Paul Marcoy a five-year old girl with a desire to eat earth (geophagia). Wood engraving by E. Arequipa, Peru: ten corpses inside a chulpa (mausoleum) among the Aymara tribe. An ideal landscape of the muschelkalk sub period with retiles sitting on stones in a stream. Wood engraving by E. An African man burnt on a stake surrounded by other Africans and a white soldier in the background. An ideal landscape of the Miocene period, with elephants rummaging through a forest. Methods of torture in South America: people in field stocks before large crucifixes.
An ideal landscape of the Pliocene period with elephants, hippopotami and horses. An ideal scene of the Lias period with two sauropods in the sea. Édouard Riou is recorded as painter, writer, graphic artist, illustrator and draftsperson.
Methods of torture in South
Édouard Riou · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
An ideal landscape of the Pliocene period with elephants, hippopotami and horses. Wood engraving by Riou., by Édouard Riou
Édouard Riou · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1833–1900
The full dated record · 8 entries
1833
Édouard Riou born at Saint-Servan-sur-Mer.
1860
Friars at Pevas (Pebas, Pehuas), Peru, showing to Paul Marcoy a five-year old girl with a desire to eat earth (geophagia). Wood engraving by E. Riou, 186-. is dated [between 1860 and 1869] and held by Wellcome Collection.
1864
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras is dated 1864.
1865
In Search of the Castaways is dated 1865.
1869
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is dated 1869.
1870
The Survivors of the Chancellor is dated 1870.
1873
Arequipa, Peru: ten corpses inside a chulpa (mausoleum) among the Aymara tribe. Wood engraving by Charles Maurand after Edouard Riou, 1873. is dated [1873] and held by Wellcome Collection.
1900
Édouard Riou died at Paris.
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Places
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- Paris
Named but not plotted · 1
Saint-Servan-sur-Mer
Birth place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q583275: Édouard Riou
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Édouard Riou”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
scholarly publication
- Riou, Édouard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2011
Literature
Literature
Riou, Édouard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Literature
Scholarly footprint
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Citations
References
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scholarly publication
Riou, Édouard, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011Crossref registry
Verifiedreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q583275: Édouard RiouWikimedia Foundation
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