Edouard Riou was a well-known French landscape painter and illustrator. Riou learned the practical knowledge of artistic techniques at Gustave Dore and Charles-Francois Daubigny. Both were successful French painters and graphic artists. He had a friendship and business relationship with the French writer Jules Verne. Riou illustrated the author's early and most famous novels, including "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Five Weeks in a Balloon" and eleven chapters of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea". Edouard Riou made the decision to devote himself mainly to drawing and illustration at the end of the 1850s. Before that he also produced landscape pictures. The collaboration with Jules Vernes from 1865 onwards was a wise and important step in Riou's artistic career. But even before that, the illustrations of the French artist were in demand. His works were found in the magazines "Le Monde illustré" or "Le Journal de la jeunesse" and were thus accessible to a broad public.
Edouard Riou's artistic talent was especially appreciated by representatives of the media industry. Besides Vernes, the artist worked with other great authors and publishing houses of his time. During his intensive creative period, he created more than 5,000 characters for various literary works. His detailed graphics decorate for example the reference book "La terre avant le déluge", which translated means "The earth before the flood". In literature, further illustrations are Rious in the works of Alexandre Dumas, Walter Scott and Karl May. In 1866 the artist went on a trip to Russia for the magazine "Le Monde illustré". He was allowed to capture the wedding of the Czar's daughter in his drawings.
His versatile illustrations showed impressions of his time, embellished books and dealt with important social and political events of his time. That is why his works for newspapers and magazines were in great demand. Edouard Riou actively shaped a time of artistic upheaval with his works. At this time, the professional illustrator profession gradually began to establish itself. With his works in all their facets he actively supported this development. His remarkable life's work was honoured with the Order of the French Legion of Honour. This is a French order of merit to honour military and civilian merit and special talent. This highest ranking award can be compared with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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.jpg "Arms, Earthenware Vessels, and Household Utensils of the Chontaquiro Indians by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Dantès escaped by swimming - Engraving by Riou, in Le Comte de Monte-Cristo by A. Dumas, ed. Jules Rouff & Cie by Edouard Riou")
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_a_-_(MeisterDrucke-1007134).jpg "Lieutenant Vallière defends himself against the inhabitants of Sibi, a Mandingo village of Upper Niger, whose inhabitants were very disturbed by the arrival of exploration detachment. Engraving by Riou, based on a sketch by the author by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Death of Dr. Livingstone in the village of Tchitammbo, Africa, in 1873, illustration from \"The World in the Hands\", published 1878 by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Slave market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - A slave sale in Rio de Janeiro, drawing by Riou by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The children of Captain Grant: The bird kidnapped Robert by his clothes by Jules Verne, Edition Hetzel/Voyages Extraordinary by Edouard Riou")
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_Drawing_by_Riou_to_illustrate_the_voya_-_(MeisterDrucke-984771).jpg "The capture of manatees in Mabuiso (Peru). Engraving in Le tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Tart-sellers at Acopia by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Scene and view of the canal in “Inauguration of the Suez Canal by G. Nicole. 1869 by Edouard Riou")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1518053).jpg "Couple of Peruvian Orejones Indians (Ccotos Tribe) by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The Asian Deluge: A Catastrophe That May Have Inspired the Deluge Described in the Bible: from the Book of Louis Figuier “La Terre avant le deluge”, Edition Hachette 1872 by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Signing of the treaty that placed the country of Kita under the protectorate of France on 25 April 1880 (engraving by Riou, based on a sketch by the author, to illustrate the story")
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.jpg "Passage of the Cuesta Infernal. Engraving by Riou, to illustrate the story")
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.jpg "The Lake of Gold and Lake of Silver by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The Eve of Departure to America - German Emigrants Departing for U.S.A in the Steerage Section of an American Liner at the Port of Le Havre by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The band of the expedition attracts women and children of the village of Fatiko (Central African Republic). Engraving illustrating an expedition in Central Africa by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Sir Henry Morton Stanley watching a phalanx dance by Mazamboni")
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.jpg "The King and Queen of the Gobe-mouches by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Indian husbands Chontaquiros of Peru sleeping in their bridal hammock. Engraving in Le tour du monde, edited by Edouard Charton by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Procession of the Lord of Earthquakes at Cuzco by Edouard Riou")
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_refusing_to_p_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026547).jpg "Tobas Indians (from the Chaco region, between Paraguay and Bolivia) refusing to pass to the column of the Thouar expedition. Engraving by Riou, to illustrate the story")
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.jpg "Ice-Skating Party at the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, Engraved by Charles Maurand by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "General View of the Pampilla by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Inauguration Ceremony of the Suez Canal at Port-Said, 17 November, 1869 by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Projected Mission Station Among the Chontaquiros of the Island of Santa Rosa by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The camp invaded by the Indians. Engraving by Riou, to illustrate the story")
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.jpg "Types of Arequipa, a Chicha brewer by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Hacienda of Los Camotes, Sweet-Potatoes by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Swing-Bridge Constructed of Osiers Between Urubamba and Ollantay-Tampu by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Alstroemeria, Called by Mistake the Lily of the Incas by Edouard Riou")
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_in_Fourou_(Mali)_the_funebre_cortege_crosse_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026583).jpg "A funeral at the Siene-re (Siene Re), in Fourou (Mali), the funebre cortege crosses the village, led by the armed men of the deceased")
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.jpg "Environs of Arequipa, Chola of Tiabaya by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Ideal Scene of the Lias with Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "General view of Cusco, former capital of the Incas by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Batak women, northern Sumatra ethnic group, pounding and cleaning rice. Engraving by Riou to illustrate the story")
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_drawing_by_Riou_to_illust_-_(MeisterDrucke-1026326).jpg "Cockfighting and street animation in Ibague (Colombia) (drawing by Riou, to illustrate the story of Equinoxial America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru), 1875-1876, by Ed. Andre, traveler mission charge by the French government. Engraving in")
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.jpg "France Sustaining America: Allegory of the Siege of Yorktown by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The Tapial Technique of Building Clay Walls (engraving by Riou, to illustrate the story L")
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.jpg "Coya Mama Anahuarqui by Edouard Riou")
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_by_the_steamboat_of_the_expedition_drawi_-_(MeisterDrucke-984925).jpg "The Passage of the Angostura (Colombia) (drawing by E. Riou, to illustrate the voyage to Equinoxial America by Edouard Andre, 1875-1876) by Edouard Riou")
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_on_his_horse_on_-_(MeisterDrucke-943172).jpg "Portrait of an Arab Merchant in Tlemcen by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The Temple of the Sun on the Island of Titicaca, Peru by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Weapons, Ornaments, Articles of Pottery, and Household Utensils of the Antis Indians by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Sculptures of the Period of the Incas, Found by the Author in the Back-Yard of a House in the Calle del Triunfo by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Entry of the Sovereign in the Suez Canal at Port Said in “Inauguration of the Suez Canal by G. Nicole. 1869 by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "The Lakes of Sissacocha and Huilcacocha, on the Raya Plateau by Edouard Riou")
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.jpg "Mission of Cocabambillas by Edouard Riou")
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