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Gustave Doré
Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré

French, 1832-1883
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Paul Gustave Dore Louis Christophe Was a French artist, printmaker , illustrator , comics artist , caricaturist , and sculptor Who worked primarily with wood-engraving .

Doré was born in Strasbourg on 6 January 1832. By age 5 he was a prodigy artist, creating drawings that were mature beyond his years. Seven years later, he began carving in stone. At the age of 15, Doré began his career working as a caricaturist for the French paper Le journal pour rire . Wood-engraving was his primary method at this time. In the late 1840s and early 1850s, he made several text comics , like Les Travaux d'Hercule (1847), Trois artistes misunderstood et malcontents (1851), Les Dés-agrments d'un voyage d'aménément (1851) and L ' History of Holy Russia(1854). Doré subsequently went on to win commissions to depict scenes from books by Cervantes , Rabelais , Balzac , Milton , and Dante . He also illustrated "Gargantua et Pantagruel" in 1854.

In 1853 Doré was asked to illustrate the works of Lord Byron . This commission was followed by additional work for British publishers, including a new illustrated Bible . In 1856 he produced 12 folio-size illustrations of The Legend of The Wandering Jew , which propagated longstanding antisemitic views of the time, for a short poem which Pierre-Jean de Béranger had derived from a novel of Eugène Sue of 1845.

In the 1860s he illustrated a French edition of Cervantes 's Don Quixote , and his depictions of the knight and his squire, Sancho Panza , have become so famous that they have influenced subsequent readers, artists, and stage and film directors' ideas of the physical "look" of the two characters. Doré also illustrated an oversized edition of Edgar Allan Poe 's " The Raven ", an endeavor that earned him 30,000 francs from publisher Harper & Brothers in 1883.

Doré's later work included illustrations for new editions of Coleridge 's Rime of the Ancient Mariner , Milton ' s Paradise Lost , Tennyson 's Idylls of the King , The Works of Thomas Hood , and The Divine Comedy . Doré's work also appeared in the weekly newspaper The Illustrated London News .

Doré never married and, following the death of his father in 1849, he continued to live with his mother , illustrating books until his death in Paris following a short illness. The city's Père Lachaise Cemetery contains his grave. At the time of his death in 1883, he was working on illustrations for an edition of Shakespeare's plays . The government of France made him a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1861.

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Flower Sellers of London

Flower Sellers of London (circa 1875)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
The Calling of Samuel

The Calling of Samuel (1877)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Religion
Liberty

Liberty (c. 1865-1875)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Mythology
Fairy Land

Fairy Land (1881)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

Paolo and Francesca da Rimini

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Mythology
Alpine Landscape with Beck

Alpine Landscape with Beck (after 1870)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
The Shades Of French Soldiers From The Past Exhort The Army To Victory On The Rhine

The Shades Of French Soldiers From The Past Exhort The Army To Victory On The Rhine (c. 1875)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders

An Alpine Valley with Trees and Boulders (1876)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
La famille du saltimbanque; l’enfant blessé

La famille du saltimbanque; l’enfant blessé (1853)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
Landscape With A Rider By A Pond

Landscape With A Rider By A Pond (1878)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Stream in Mountains at Dusk

Stream in Mountains at Dusk (mid or late 19th century)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Entertained by Basil and Quiteria

Don Quixote and Sancho Panza Entertained by Basil and Quiteria (1863)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Cascade in a Rocky Landscape

Cascade in a Rocky Landscape (1872-1874)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Torrent in the Highlands

Torrent in the Highlands (1881)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
La promenade

La promenade

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
A Gypsy Dancing The Zorongo

A Gypsy Dancing The Zorongo

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
Christ coming out of the tomb

Christ coming out of the tomb (1850–83)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Religion
The way to Jerusalem

The way to Jerusalem

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Religion
Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell

Dante and Virgil in the Ninth Circle of Hell (1861)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Mythology
Lorraine

Lorraine (1869)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
Sir Lancelot Approaching the Castle of Astolat

Sir Lancelot Approaching the Castle of Astolat

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Mythology
The Giants are Captured

The Giants are Captured (c. 1879)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Mythology
The Princess is Held Captive

The Princess is Held Captive (c. 1879)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Mythology
Alpine Scene

Alpine Scene (1865)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Paysage de montagne

Paysage de montagne (1881)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Landscape
Portrait de Charles Philipon (1800-1862), dessinateur et journaliste

Portrait de Charles Philipon (1800-1862), dessinateur et journaliste (1860)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Figurative
Ecce Homo

Ecce Homo (1877)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Religion
La Vallée des larmes

La Vallée des larmes (1883)

Gustave Doré (French, 1832-1883)
Religion
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