Studio: international art (86.1923)

LAUSANNE

“l'homme luttant contre la nature/'

MURAL PAINTING BY LOUIS RIVIER

(Palais de Rumine, Lausanne)

in the salons of the Cercle Artistique et
Litteraire de Bruxelles* Messieurs Hymans,
Richir and Glesener in their speeches laid
stress on M. Lambotte's care and capacity
in organising exhibitions which have carried
far and wide the fame of the Belgian
School, his fine services to criticism and
his untiring devotion to the interests of
the artists. Lucien Jottrand.

LAUSANNE.—Louis Rivier was born
in 1885 at Bienne, and comes of a
family which has produced more than one
distinguished man. The Riviers originated
in Dauphine, whence they fled on the
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, settling
in Switzerland, and eventually becoming
citizens of Lausanne in 1805. 0 0

Louis Rivier was educated at the College
inLausanneandthe CantonalClassical Gym-
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nasium. As he had evinced a strong leaning
towards painting from very early years he
was sent in 1904 to study in Paris, where
he remained under the tuition of Jean
Paul Laurens until 1906. During this
period he gained one first and one second
prize in competitions. Returning to his
own country, he became known in 1909
through his redecoration of the picturesque
church at Mex. He had already attracted
some attention by his exhibits at the
Vaudois Society of Fine Arts (1902) and
the Federal Exhibition (1904). In 1911 he
sent some work to the Exhibition of
Religious Art in the Pavilion de Marsan,
Paris, and in 1914 one of his paintings
appeared in the Salon. The two following
years were spent on the construction and
decoration of the choir and windows of the
Church of St. John at Cour, near Lausanne.