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Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo
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June 29, 2025
Absolutely fantastic companion to a superb exhibition.
June 6, 2026
This book was produced as part of an ehibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2025 which I attended. It is a pictorial book of paintings but it does give a brief synopsis of Hugo's life and workss
Victor Hugo's drawings/sketches and painting are all completed on paper and these would easily have been his legacy but as he was a prominent figure as a writer and political figure this area of his work is somewhat undermined
His pen and ink and wash visions of castles, monsters and seascapes remind me a little of William Blake as all works are dark both in subject and colour. I particularly liked "Smuggler's Cave"completed in brown and Indian ink and "At The Edge of the River" completed in ink, scratching and black pencil
An excellent exhibition and book.
Victor Hugo's drawings/sketches and painting are all completed on paper and these would easily have been his legacy but as he was a prominent figure as a writer and political figure this area of his work is somewhat undermined
His pen and ink and wash visions of castles, monsters and seascapes remind me a little of William Blake as all works are dark both in subject and colour. I particularly liked "Smuggler's Cave"completed in brown and Indian ink and "At The Edge of the River" completed in ink, scratching and black pencil
An excellent exhibition and book.
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