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Portrait of Hugo, Victor

Hugo, Victor

1802–1885

Nationality: France
Born: 1802, Besançon
Died: 1885, Paris
Gender: male

Movements

French Romanticism

Occupations

travel writer
author
opinion journalist
essayist
graphic artist
illustrator
draftsperson
art historian
novelist
librettist
politician
playwright
poet
writer
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Biography

In addition to his literary output, Hugo produced a large number of visual works on paper. These constitute a mass of drawings in various media, comprising views of landscapes and buildings drawn from life or wholly imagined. He employed experimental techniques, using stencils, and impressions of fabric or other objects. He often reworked inkblots or stains into fantastic landscapes or figures, though some of these works remain purely abstract.

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Notable Works

  • Les Contemplations
  • Toilers of the Sea
  • Les Orientales
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • L'Art d'être grand-père
  • Ninety-three
  • The Man Who Laughs
  • Les Misérables

Artworks

16 artworks
Bug-Jargal

Bug-Jargal

ca. 1832

Portrait of Victor Hugo

Portrait of Victor Hugo

1833

A page from history, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 16, 1870

A page from history, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 16, 1870

November 16, 1870

A page from history, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 16, 1870

A page from history, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, November 16, 1870

November 16, 1870

Reverend, before proclaiming the infallibility of the Pope, please get your entrance ticket for the play in there, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 5, 1870

Reverend, before proclaiming the infallibility of the Pope, please get your entrance ticket for the play in there, from 'News of the day,' published in Le Charivari, March 5, 1870

March 5, 1870

Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

Souvenir of a Castle in Vosges

1857

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

July 20, 1849

'Les Bulos Graves', Victor Hugo at his play 'Les Burgraves', from 'La Caricature'

'Les Bulos Graves', Victor Hugo at his play 'Les Burgraves', from 'La Caricature'

April 2, 1843

Nadar's Pantheon (Panthéon Nadar)

Nadar's Pantheon (Panthéon Nadar)

1854

Victor Hugo (full face)

Victor Hugo (full face)

1885

Victor Hugo (three-quarter view)

Victor Hugo (three-quarter view)

1885

The Hanged Man

The Hanged Man

ca. 1855–60

Marine Terrace

Marine Terrace

October 9, 1855

Auguste Vacquerie

Auguste Vacquerie

1853–56

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

1852

[Auguste Vacquerie at Marine Terrace]

[Auguste Vacquerie at Marine Terrace]

1855

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