Les Miserables author Victor Hugo’s drawings, ‘as poetic as his writing’, shown in London
The Drawings of Victor Hugo highlights the famous French writer’s love of drawing in a show of 70 of his illustrations.
Charles Dickens vs. Victor Hugo: Which Literary Legend Told the Most Powerful Stories
Charles Dickens captured daily hardships, while Victor Hugo wrote sweeping epics of struggle and redemption but which author ...
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Victor Hugo, France's greatest novelist, was also a talented artist — and now his 'rarely seen' illustrations are on display at the RA
Victor Hugo dismissed his drawings as mere things made in the margins of his manuscripts Now, a Royal Academy exhibition ...
Victor Hugo’s secret world: unveiling the surreal sketchbook of a literary giant
One of the 19th century’s greatest writers, Hugo also found time to produce art admired by founder of surrealism Andre Breton ...
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Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo is the French equivalent of Shakespeare and Dickens. The inventor of Quasimodo and Jean Valjean is so universal that we absorb his myths even if we have never picked up one of his books.
Understanding Victor Hugo, the artist, and tracing his footsteps through a hidden Paris
Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...
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Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo at the Royal Academy
Mention the name “Victor Hugo” and most people immediately think of his masterpiece Les Misérables, famously adapted into the ...
The Drawings of Victor Hugo: claustrophobic, psychedelic – and creepy
A giant mushroom towers over a blasted landscape. A rampant octopus performs otherworldly semaphore with improbably knotted ...
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Victor Hugo Astonishing Things Royal Academy – John K Grande
Astonishing Things, the RA show's title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo's drawings.
Front Row - Julian Barnes's new book Changing My Mind, Victor Hugo's artwork, Emma Donoghue's novel The Paris Express - BBC Sounds
Julian Barnes's essay Changing My Mind, Victor Hugo's artwork, Emma Donoghue's new book The Paris Express We use cookies to ...
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London exhibit spotlights Victor Hugo's lesser-known talent -- drawing
French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables", but less known is his work as an illustrator -- now the subject of a new exhibition in London.