The artwork “Pride of Place,” painted by Briton Rivière in 1891, belongs to the Realism art movement and falls under the genre of animal painting.
The artwork portrays a scene in which a dog, positioned on lower ground and in the foreground, looks up at a smaller, seemingly more dominant dog perched atop a wall. The smaller dog stands confidently, head raised, gazing into the distance. The setting is both rustic and urban, featuring a tall wall partially covered in ivy, and a wooden door in the background. Rivière’s application of detail and texture in the fur of the dogs and surrounding wall captures the essence and demeanor of the animals, consistent with the principles of Realism. The interaction between the two dogs encapsulates a narrative of hierarchy and territorial pride, with the title “Pride of Place” aptly reflecting this dynamic.
