| GUSTAVE DORE' (Strasbourg 1832 – Paris 1883) A LETTER WITH SKETCHES OF FIGURES Pen and brown ink, black chalk; 280 x 210 mm. Gustave Doré was unquestionably the most celebrated 19th-century French illustrator. He displayed artistic talent from the age of five, and at fourteen, published his first album. He debuted at the Salon in 1847 with two drawings, and was hired by Charles Philipon to produce caricatures for the 'Journal pour Rire'. Doré became very widely known for his illustrations to such books as Dante's 'Inferno' (1861), 'Don Quixote' (1862), and 'the Bible' (1866). He was so prolific that at one time he employed more than forty block-cutters. |
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