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Gustave Doré

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Born: January 05 1832

Died: 2222 01 18831883

The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid 19th century. Doré became very widely known for his illustrations to such books as Dante's Inferno , Don Quixote , and the Bible , and he helped to give European currency to the illustrated book of large . He was so prolific that at one time he employed more than forty blockcutters. His work is characterized by a rather naïve but highly spirited love of the grotesque and represents a commercialization of the Romantic taste for the bizarre. Drawings of London done in 1869-71 were more sober studies of the poorer quarters of the city and captured the attention of van Gogh. In the 1870s he also took up painting and sculpture .

Gustave Doré

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Born: January 05 1832

Died: 2222 01 18831883

The most popular and successful French book illustrator of the mid 19th century. Doré became very widely known for his illustrations to such books as Dante's Inferno , Don Quixote , and the Bible , and he helped to give European currency to the illustrated book of large . He was so prolific that at one time he employed more than forty blockcutters. His work is characterized by a rather naïve but highly spirited love of the grotesque and represents a commercialization of the Romantic taste for the bizarre. Drawings of London done in 1869-71 were more sober studies of the poorer quarters of the city and captured the attention of van Gogh. In the 1870s he also took up painting and sculpture .

Books from Gustave Doré

The Raven

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Perrault's Fairy Tales

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The Doré Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy

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The Doré Bible Illustrations

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Doré's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost"

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Doré's Illustrations for Don Quixote

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

The Doré Gallery: His 120 Greatest Illustrations

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Doré's London: All 180 Illustrations from London, A Pilgrimage

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Doré's Illustrations for "Idylls of the King"

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I racconti delle fate

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Doré's Illustrations of the Crusades

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Annotated Ancient Mariner: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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Doré's Illustrations for Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso": A Selection of 208 Illustrations

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Doré's Angels

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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

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La balada del viejo marinero

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Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book 1

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