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Gustave Doré

Born January 6, 1832(1832-01-06)
France
Died January 23, 1883 (aged 51)
Nationality French
Field Art (Paint, Engrave, Illustrate)

Paul Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 – January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( Art refers to a diverse range of Human activities creations and expressions that are appealing to the Senses or Emotions of a human individual Paint is any Liquid, liquifiable or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to an opaque Solid Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it An illustration is a visualization such as a Drawing, Painting, Photograph or other work of Art that stresses subject more than Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard usually flat surface by cutting grooves into it For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving. Wood engraving is a Relief printing technique where the end grain of Wood is used as a medium for Engraving, thus differing from the older technique of Steel engraving, is a commercial Engraving technique for printing Illustrations based on steel instead of copper

Contents

Life

Doré was born in Strasbourg and his first illustrated story was published at the age of fifteen. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région Doré began work as a literary illustrator in Paris. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Doré commissions include works by Rabelais, Balzac, Milton and Dante. John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and 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 English Bible. Etymology According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word bible is from Latin biblia, traced from the same word through Medieval Latin and Late Latin In 1863, Doré illustrated a French edition of Cervantes's Don Quixote, and his illustrations 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. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 &ndash April 22, 1616) was a Spanish Novelist es '''''Don Quixote''''' (, see spelling and pronunciation below fully titled es '''''El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha''''' ("The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Sancho Panza is a Fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 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. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 Origins The franc was originally a French Gold coin of 387 g minted in 1360 on the occasion of the release of King John II ("the good", held by the Harper & Brothers was a prominent New York City book and magazine publishing firm which founded Harper's Magazine. [1]

Doré's English Bible (1866) was a great success, and in 1867 Doré had a major exhibition of his work in London. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. This exhibition led to the foundation of the Doré Gallery in New Bond Street. In 1869, Blanchard Jerrold, the son of Douglas William Jerrold, suggested that they work together to produce a comprehensive portrait of London. William Blanchard Jerrold ( 23 December 1826 &ndash 10 March 1884) was an English Journalist and Author. Douglas William Jerrold (3 January 1803 – 8 June 1857 was an English Dramatist and writer Jerrold had gotten the idea from The Microcosm of London produced by Rudolph Ackermann, William Pyne, and Thomas Rowlandson in 1808. Rudolph Ackermann ( April 20, 1764 &ndash March 30, 1834) was an Anglo-German Inventor and Publisher. Thomas Rowlandson ( July 14, 1756 – April 22, 1827) was an English artist and Caricaturist. Doré signed a five-year project with the publishers Grant & Co that involved his staying in London for three months a year. He was paid the vast sum of £10,000 a year for his work.

The book, London: A Pilgrimage, with 180 engravings, was published in 1872. It enjoyed commercial success, but the work was disliked by many contemporary critics. Some critics were concerned with the fact that Doré appeared to focus on poverty that existed in London. Doré was accused by the Art Journal of "inventing rather than copying. " The Westminster Review claimed that "Doré gives us sketches in which the commonest, the vulgarest external features are set down. " The book was also a financial success, and Doré received commissions from other British publishers. Doré's later works included Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Milton's Paradise Lost, Tennyson's The Idylls of the King, The Works of Thomas Hood, and The Divine Comedy. Samuel Taylor Coleridge ( 21 October 1772 &ndash 25 July 1834) was an English Poet, Critic and philosopher The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major Poem by the English Poet John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and Paradise Lost is an Epic poem in Blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885 is a cycle of twelve Narrative poems by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892 Thomas Hood ( 23 May 1799 &ndash 3 May 1845) was a British Humorist and Poet. The Divine Comedy His work also appeared in the Illustrated London News. Doré continued to illustrate books until his death in Paris in 1883. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common He is buried in the city's Père Lachaise Cemetery. Père Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetière du Père-Lachaise officially cimetière de l'Est, "East Cemetery" is the largest Cemetery in the city of Paris

In "Pickman's Model", author H. P. Lovecraft's praises Doré: "There's something those fellows catch - beyond life - that they're able to make us catch for a second. " Pickman's Model " is a Short story by H P Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first published in the October 1927 issue Howard Phillips Lovecraft ( August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American author of horror, fantasy Doré had it. [Sidney] Sime has it. Sidney Sime (1867 &ndash May 22 1941) was an English artist in the late Victorian and succeeding periods mostly remembered for his fantastic "

Gallery

Orlando Furioso

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel - 1855

Little Red Ridinghood

The Creation of Light

Jonah and the Whale

The Deluge

Illustration: Orlando furioso

Illustration: Orlando furioso

Illustration: Paradise Lost

Illustration: The Raven

Andromeda

Doré illustrated several fairy tales: Cendrillon (or Cinderella)

A Doré wood engraving illustration from The Divine Comedy

Over London by Rail, c. Orlando Furioso ("The Frenzy of Orlando" more literally "Mad Orlando" in Italian furioso is seldom capitalized is an Italian Jacob Wrestling with the Angel is a biblical story commonly depicted in art Orlando Furioso ("The Frenzy of Orlando" more literally "Mad Orlando" in Italian furioso is seldom capitalized is an Italian Paradise Lost is an Epic poem in Blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 A fairy tale or fairy story is a fictional Story that may feature folkloric characters (such as fairies, enchantments]] often involving Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta Wood engraving is a Relief printing technique where the end grain of Wood is used as a medium for Engraving, thus differing from the older technique of The Divine Comedy 1870. From London: A Pilgrimage

Merlin advising King Arthur, an illustration for Idylls of the King

'Le Defense Nationale', bronze sculpture by Gustave Doré, Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas

Works

Doré was a prolific artist; thus the following list of works, though extensive, is by no means comprehensive (e. The Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network ( MERLIN) is an Interferometer array of Radio telescopes spread across England and the King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885 is a cycle of twelve Narrative poems by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892 Rosenberg Library is a public library serving Galveston Texas is the oldest continuously operating library in Texas. "Galveston" redirects here For the town in the US state of Indiana see Galveston Indiana. g. it does not include his sculptures, paintings, nor many of his journal illustrations):

List of Works
Date Author Work Volumes / Format Illustrations Publisher Ref
1854 Rabelais Oeuvres contenant la vie de Gargantua et celle de Pantagruel ... 1 vol. The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua 4to. Frontis. & 15 J. Bry Ainé, Paris [2]
1855 Honoré de Balzac Les Contes Drôlatiques 425 Société Générale de la Libraire, and in Le Journal pour Tous [3]
1856 Fierabras d'Alexandrie, Légende Nationale traduite par Mary Lafon 1 vol in 8vo 123 Librairie Nouvelle [4]
1856 Mémoires d'un Jeune Cadet, par Victor Percival 48 [4]
1856 La Légende du Juif Errant 1 vol. Wandering Jew is a figure from medieval Christian folklore whose legend began to spread in Europe in the thirteenth century and became a fixture of Christian mythology grand in folio 12[2] Michel Lévy [4]
1857[5] Dante Alighieri L'Enfer 70[6] [7]
1857 autumn Ed. The Divine Comedy de La Bédollière Nouveau Paris, Histoire de ses 20 Arrondissements 1 vol in 4to 150 Barba [8]
1857 autumn Valéry Vernier Aline, Journal d'un Jeune Homme, one large page Dentu [8]
1860-1862 Thomas Mayne Reid L'Habitation du Désert, 1 vol. Thomas Mayne Reid ( April 4 1818 – October 22 1883) was an Irish - American Novelist. in 16mo 60 Hachette [8]
1860-1862 Ann S. Stevens La Fille du Grand Chieftain 1 vol. 15 [8]
1860-1862 M. V. Victor Flêche d'Or 1 vol. 13 [8]
1860-1862 E. S. Ellis L'Ange des Frontières 1 vol. 10 [8]
1860-1862 N. W. Buxted Les Vierges de la Forêt 1 vol. 10 [8]
1860 William Shakespeare The Tempest 1 vol. William Shakespeare ( baptised The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him although in 4to (London) [8]
1861 Les Figures du Temps, 1 vol. in 12mo (Paris) [8]
1861 Plouvier and Vincent Les Chansons d'Autrefois in 12mo Coulon and Pineau, Paris [8]
1861 Edmond About[9] Le Roi des Montagnes 1 vol. Edmond François Valentin About ( 14 February 1828 &ndash 16 January 1885) was a French Novelist, publicist and Journalist in 8vo 157 Hachette and Co. , Paris [8]
1862 Saintine Les Mythologies du Rhin 1 vol. in 8vo 165 Hachette and Co. , Paris [8]
1862 L'Abbé Léon Godard L'Espagne, Mœurs et Paysages, 2 vols in 8vo 4[3] Alfred Mame et Fils, Tours[4] or Paris[8] [8]
1862 Malte-Brun[10] Les États Unis et le Mexique 1 vol. Alfred-Henri-Amand Mame (b at Tours, 17 August[[ 811]] d at Tours 12 April[[ 893]] was a French printer and publisher Conrad Malte-Brun, born Malthe-Conrad Bruun ( August 12, 1755 &ndash December 14, 1826) was a Danish - French in 4to Brun, Paris [8]
1862 Histoire aussi intéressante qu'invraisemblable de l'intrépide Capitaine Castagnette, neveu de l'Homme à la Tête de Bois 1 vol. in 4to 43 Hachette [8]
1866 Aventures du Baron de Münchausen, traduction nouvelle par Théophile Gautier fils 1 vol. (London) [8]
1863 M. Épiné Légende de Croquemitaine 1 vol. in 4to 177 Hachette [8]
1863 Gastineau La Chasse au Lion et à la Panthère 1 vol. in 8vo Hachette and Co. [8]
1863 Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote de la Mancha translation by Louis Viardot 2 vols. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 &ndash April 22, 1616) was a Spanish Novelist folio 370 Hachette and Co. , Paris, and Cassell and Co. , London [8]
1863 Les Contes de Perrault or in Spanish Los Cuentos de Perrault 100+ Hetzels. in Spanish by Ledouse [8]
1865 Gastineau De Paris en Afrique 1 vol. in 12mo (Paris) [8]
1865 A. Masse L'Histoire d'un Minute 1 vol. , 12mo (Paris) [8]
1866 Victor Hugo Travailleurs de la Mer Sampson Low and Co. Victor-Marie Hugo ( ( February 26, 1802 – May 22, 1885) was a French Poet, Playwright, Novelist , London [8][11]
1865 E. Edgar Cressy and Poictiers 1 vol. in 8vo 50+ (London) [8]
1865 Thomas Moore L'Épicurien (French translation) in 8vo (Paris) [8]
1865 Falmy Realm in folio (London) [8]
1865 Quatrelles Le Chevalier Beautemps grand in 8vo (Paris) [12]
1865 Chateaubriand Atala 2 vols, grand folio 80 Hachette Edition [8]
1866 Théophile Gautier Le Capitaine Fracasse 1 vol. grand in 8vo 60 Charpentier [8]
1866 G. La Bédollière Histoire de la Guerre en Mexique in 4to (Paris) [8]
1867 Dante Alighieri Il Purgatorio ed il Paradiso Hachette and Co. [8]
1866[13] X. B. Saintine Le Chemin des Écoliers 1 vol. Xavier Boniface Saintine ( 10 July 1798 – 21 January 1865) was a French dramatist and novelist in 8vo 450[5](not all by Doré) Hachette and Co. [8]
1866 La Sainte Bible, according to the Vulgate, new translation 2 vols. grand in folio 200+ Mame, Tours; Cassell and Co. , England [8]
1866 John Milton Paradise Lost Cassell and Co. John Milton ( 9 December, 1608 – 8 November, 1674) was an English Poet, Prose Polemicist and Paradise Lost is an Epic poem in Blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. [8]
1867 La Bédollière La France et la Russie (Paris) [8]
1867 Les Fables de Lafontaine 2 vols. in folio 8 large and 250 small plates Hachette and Co. [8]
1867 Les Pays-bas et la Belgique in 8vo (Paris) [8]
1870 Thomas Hood (Poems) 2 vols. in folio Ward and Lock, London [8]
1870 Coleridge The Rime of the Ancient Mariner[14] grand in 4to 40 large and 3 small drawings [8]
1873 New edition of Rabelais 2 vols. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (original The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major Poem by the English Poet in folio Paris : Garnier; London: Chatto and Windus [8]
1876 Louis Énault London 1 vol. in 4to 174 wood engravings Hachette and Co. [8]
1874 Baron Ch. Davilliers L'Espagne in 4to 309 wood-engravings Hachette and Co. ; London: Sampson Low and Co. [8]
1875 Michaud Histoire des Croisades 2 vol. medium folio 100 grand compositions Paris: Hachette and Co. [8]
Alfred Tennyson Idylls of the King [8]
1877 Ariosto Orlando Furioso 36 drawings Hachette and Co. Alfred Tennyson 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892 was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and remains one of the most popular English poets Idylls of the King, published between 1856 and 1885 is a cycle of twelve Narrative poems by the English poet Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809–1892 Orlando Furioso ("The Frenzy of Orlando" more literally "Mad Orlando" in Italian furioso is seldom capitalized is an Italian (London: Ward and Lock) [8]
1884 Edgar Allan Poe The Raven 26 steel engravings[6] London: Sampson Low and Co. Edgar Allan Poe (January 19 1809 – October 7 1849 was an American poet, short-story Writer, editor and Literary critic, " The Raven " is a narrative poem by the American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in January 1845 , New York: Harper and Co. [15]

Notes

  1. ^ Quinn, Arthur Hobson. Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998. p. 252. ISBN 0801857309
  2. ^ Eleanor Garvey, A Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Philip Hofer Bequest, 1988.
  3. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", page 183. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885.
  4. ^ a b c Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", page 207. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885.
  5. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", pages 215. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885. Roosevelt states that "In Doré's catalogue 'L'Inferno' figures amongst the works of 1857, and I shall therefore speak of it as belonging to that year's collection, although it was not brought out until 1860. "
  6. ^ a b This reference needs attribution.
  7. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", pages 212-227. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", pages 241-243. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885.
  9. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", pages 63. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885. Gustave Doré, Edmond About, and H. Taine were more than contemporaries: they knew each other from college. Roosevelt quotes Doré, ". . . from that date [1847] until 1850, I occupied myself—sometimes well and sometimes badly—in finishing my studies at the Lycée Charlemagne. It was there that I was so fortunate as to have Edmond About and H. Taine for fellow-collegians. "
  10. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", pages 241. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885. Roosevelt attributes authorship to "Malted": "'Les États Unis et la Mexique,' by Malted (sic) (Brun, Paris, 1862), 1 vol. in 4to. " She is most likely referring to either Conrad Malte-Brun or his son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, both noted French Geographers. Conrad Malte-Brun, born Malthe-Conrad Bruun ( August 12, 1755 &ndash December 14, 1826) was a Danish - French Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816 &ndash July 13, 1889) was a French Geographer and Cartographer.
  11. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", page 242. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885. Roosevelt implies, though does not specifically state, that a French publisher published this volume in 1865. For one, she places this reference with the other books published in 1865, for another, she uses the word also when mentioning that Sampson Low brought out a copy in London in 1866. Additionally, an English publication would most likely be translated and have a title of Toilers of the Sea. Roosevelt's line reads thus: "Victor Hugo's 'Travailleurs de la Mer,' also in 1866, brought out by Sampson Low and Co. , in London. "
  12. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", page 242. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885. Roosevelt states that the preface was written by Alex. Dumas fils
  13. ^ Although Blanche Roosevelt lists this book as being published in 1866, here [1] is the title page of an edition published five years earlier, with Gustave Doré drawings. Alexandre Dumas Fils (French for son similar to Junior in English ( July 27, 1824 &ndash November 27, 1895) was Roosevelt is most likely mistaken.
  14. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", page 242. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885. Roosevelt titles this book "The Song (sic) of the Ancient Mariner". The error possibly derives from reverse-translating the French title (Le Chanson du Vieux Marin) back into English.
  15. ^ Roosevelt, Blanche: "Life and Reminiscences of Gustave Doré. ", page 488. Cassell & Company, Limited, New York, 1885.

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