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London exhibit spotlights Victor Hugo's lesser-known talent -- drawing
French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables", but less known is his ...
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Exhibit spotlights Victor Hugo's drawings
French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' and 'Les Miserables,' but less known is his ...
Victor Hugo’s secret world: unveiling the surreal sketchbook of a literary giant
One of the 19th century’s greatest writers, Hugo also found time to produce art admired by founder of surrealism Andre Breton ...
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3 things you didn't know about Victor Hugo
Forget Jean Valjean and Quasimodo, here are three things you might not know about this French polymath. Hugo once said that ...
Understanding Victor Hugo, the artist, and tracing his footsteps through a hidden Paris
Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...
‘Les Miserables’ at Bass Hall is a study in compassion, faith and much more
Nick Cartell is mesmerizing as Jean Valjean in Broadway show based on Victor Hugo’s novel. Show returns to Bass Hall for ...
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Victor Hugo
When the French novelist died in 1885, he left behind The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Les Misérables – and a fragile cache of jaw-dropping art. he Royal Academy has used that quote as the title of this ...
Amanda Seyfried Says Singing Live In ‘Les Misérables’ Was “Infuriating”: “I Was Not Technically Ready Or Capable”
Seyfried also said she was “worried” about her accent, adding, “But that was the least of my worries.” She noted that having “to be very musical didn’t hit” for her the way it did for her co-stars ...
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Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo at the Royal Academy
Mention the name “Victor Hugo” and most people immediately think of his masterpiece Les Misérables, famously adapted into the ...
The Drawings of Victor Hugo: claustrophobic, psychedelic – and creepy
A giant mushroom towers over a blasted landscape. A rampant octopus performs otherworldly semaphore with improbably knotted ...
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Exhibit spotlights Victor Hugo’s lesser-known talent — drawing
“Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo”, which opened at the Royal Academy of Arts on Friday, traces Hugo’s passion for illustration, 140 years after his death. The exhibition’s notes say ...