Hugo’s favourite child Léopoldine was already buried when he learned that day of her death. Devastated, he wrote little and ...

One of the 19th century’s greatest writers, Hugo also found time to produce art admired by founder of surrealism Andre Breton ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables," but less known is his ...

Victor Hugo dismissed his drawings as mere things made in the margins of his manuscripts Now, a Royal Academy exhibition ...

Astonishing Things, the RA show's title comes from a comment Vincent van Gogh made on seeing Victor Hugo's drawings.

“Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo”, which opened at the Royal Academy of Arts on Friday, traces Hugo’s passion for illustration, 140 years after his death. The exhibition’s notes say ...

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 ...

he Royal Academy has used that quote as the title of this exhibition, which marks the first time Hugo’s drawings have been shown in the UK in half a century argues that Hugo’s writing and drawing go ...

Julian Barnes's essay Changing My Mind, Victor Hugo's artwork, Emma Donoghue's new book The Paris Express We use cookies to ...

Mention the name “Victor Hugo” and most people immediately think of his masterpiece Les Misérables, famously adapted into the ...

To mark Nuit des Musées 2025, Victor Hugo's house in Paris invites you to take part in a special nocturne on Saturday May 17.

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.