Nov. 21, 2008 — Victor Hugo produced several thousand drawings during his lifetime. This work went largely unnoticed by the general public — eclipsed by Hugo’s phenomenal success as a man of letters — but it was highly regarded by many artists and art critics. For example, Théophile Gautier wrote, in his preface to Dessins de Victor Hugo (pub. 1862): “If Victor Hugo were not a poet, he would be an artist of the first order.” Other famous admirers of Hugo’s artwork were Eugène Delacroix and Vincent Van Gogh.
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