Astonishing Things
The Drawings of Victor Hugo
$116.21
- Hardcover
172 pages
- Release Date
21 February 2025
Summary
Novelist, poet, and politician, Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was a towering figure in French 19th-century public life. The author of Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame became a symbol of the French Republic’s ideals of equality and freedom during his long exile in the Channel Islands. His ink-and-wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters, and seascapes may be less well known than his writings, but they inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets, and many artists includin…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781915815118 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1915815118 |
| Author: | Gérard Audinet, Thomas Cazentre, Sarah Lea, Rose Thompson |
| Publisher: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Imprint: | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 172 |
| Release Date: | 21 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.06kg |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 230mm x 270mm |
Critics Review
Review of the exhibition: “… the Royal Academy does something unexpectedly moving. It takes you into the secret heart of a man we tend to think of only as a classic.” - The Guardian
“It’s estimated that Hugo made 4000 drawings, of which about 3000 survive; 77 are shown in Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo (until 29 June).” - London Review of Books
Gérard Audinet
Gérard Audinet is Director of the Maisons de Victor Hugo in Paris/Guernsey.
Thomas Cazentre is Chargé de collections: manuscrits modernes et contemporains at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
Sarah Lea is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Rose Thompson is Assistant Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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