Gustave Doré

(1832–1883) fransk konstnär

Gustave Doré (France, 1832–1883) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a sculptor, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Gustave Doré belongs to the chapter ‘Realism’ in this site’s history of art.

Gustave Doré was born in Strasbourg and died in 7th arrondissement of Paris. Gustave Doré trained at Lycée Charlemagne. Gustave Doré worked in Paris. Wikidata associates Gustave Doré with Romanticism, Symbolism, and Golden Age of Illustration. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Knight Commander of the Order of Carlos III, and Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus. The students included Édouard Riou.

The best-known works include ‘Andromeda’, ‘Enigma’, and ‘Les Saltimbanques’. The works belong mainly to the genres history painting, allegory, and religious art. The catalogue has 77 works by Gustave Doré with free images. The dated works span the years 1849–1900. Works by Gustave Doré are held by several collections, among them Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, and Unterlinden Museum. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Romanticism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Édouard Brandon, Édouard Manet, Charles Altamont Doyle, Lucius Richard O'Brien, and Christian Mali.

• Realism
• Les Saltimbanques
• Enigma
• Christ Leaving the Court
• Andromeda