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SUMMARY:Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
DESCRIPTION:Discover the imaginary worlds of Victor Hugo\, one of France’s most famous writers\, at this exhibition of his rarely-seen works on paper. \nVictor Hugo (1802–1885) was a leading public figure in 19th-century France. His books Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were printed worldwide. As both a poet and a politician\, during his nearly twenty-year exile in the Channel Islands\, he came to symbolise the ideals of the French republic: equality and freedom. \nIn private\, his refuge was drawing. Hugo’s ink and wash visions of imaginary castles\, monsters and seascapes are as poetic as his writing. His works inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets\, and many artists including the Surrealists. Vincent van Gogh compared them to “astonishing things”. \nThis exhibition follows Hugo’s preoccupation with drawing\, from his early caricatures and travel drawings to his dramatic landscapes and his experiments with abstraction. It features some of his finest works on paper\, which are rarely on public display and were last seen in the UK over 50 years ago. \n            \nExhibition organised by the Royal Academy of Arts in collaboration with Paris Musées – Maison de Victor Hugo and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. \nImage: Victor Hugo (18021885)\, Octopus (detail)\, 1866–69.\nBrown ink and wash and graphite on paper.\nBibliothèque nationale de France\, Département des Manuscrits
URL:https://thedrawingfoundation.org/event/astonishing-things-the-drawings-of-victor-hugo/
LOCATION:The Royal Academy of Art\, Burlington House\, Piccadilly\, Longdon\, W1J 0BD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions,Past
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