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Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

French, 1802 – 1885
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Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, letters public and private, and dramas in verse and prose.

Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers. Outside France, his most famous works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris), 1831. In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romantic literary movement with his play Cromwell and drama Hernani. Many of his works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the musicals Les Misérables and Notre-Dame de Paris. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.

Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touched upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. His opposition to absolutism and his colossal literary achievement established him as a national hero. He was honoured by interment in the Panthéon.

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Paysage aux trois arbres

Paysage aux trois arbres (1850)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Personnage grotesque portant un animal sur son dos

Personnage grotesque portant un animal sur son dos

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Pont fortifié

Pont fortifié (1839)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Près Dunkerque

Près Dunkerque

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Saint-Lô

Saint-Lô (1836)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Souvenir de l’Ehrenburg

Souvenir de l’Ehrenburg (1862)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Temple oriental

Temple oriental (1837)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Tête d’homme barbu

Tête d’homme barbu

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Une rade

Une rade (1837)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Vieil ami de la gaudriole

Vieil ami de la gaudriole (1834)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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Walcourt

Walcourt (1864)

Victor Hugo (French, 1802 – 1885)
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