Victor Hugo
Astonishing Things: the Drawings of Victor Hugo
- ISBN 13:
- 9781915815118
- author:
- Victor Hugo
- format:
- Hardcover
- publisher:
- Royal Academy of Arts
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2025
- Pages:
- 172
- Genre:
- Individual Artists / Monographs Art
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
Victor Hugo's drawings are a testament to his imagination, featuring moody, haunting, and almost abstract visions of imaginary castles, monsters, tortured figures, and seascapes. Created over 4,000 times during his lifetime, these ink-and-wash works may be less well known than his writings, but they inspired generations of artists, including Romantic and Symbolist poets and the Surrealists of the 1920s. Reproductions of many of Hugo's finest works on paper are included in this richly illustrated book, published by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with Maison de Victor Hugo and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The book showcases a range of Hugo's artistic styles, from early caricatures and travel drawings to dramatic landscapes and experiments in abstraction. Born in 1802, Victor Hugo was a prolific writer and artist, whose literary career spanned 60 years. This book offers a unique insight into his artistic side, providing a fascinating glimpse into the creative process of one of France's most iconic figures.
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