Who painted “Requiescat”?

“Requiescat” was painted by Briton Rivière in 1888. Where to see it: Art Gallery of New South Wales.

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Academic Art: smooth, glossy surfaces and idealised figures, usually from myth, the Bible or history; Realism shows ordinary people and Impressionism visible, broken strokes.

Briton Rivière (14 August 1840 – 20 April 1920) was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He exhibited a variety of paintings at the Royal Academy, but devoted much of his life to animal paintings. Wikipedia

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“The Miracle of the Gaderene Swine”, 1883
“A Blockade Runner”, 1888