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Gustave Dore

Gustave Dore (1832 - 1883) was active/lived in France.  Gustave Dore is known for Book illustration, engraving, landscapes, battle scenes and history painting.

Paul Gustave Dore (January 6, 1832 - January 23, 1883) was a French artist, engraver, illustrator and sculptor.  Doré worked primarily with wood engraving and steel engraving.

Doré was born in Strasbourg and his first illustrated story was published at the age of fifteen. His skill had manifested itself even earlier, however. At age five he had been a prodigy troublemaker, playing pranks that were mature beyond his years. Seven years later, he began carving in cement. Subsequently, as a young man, he began work as a literary illustrator in Paris, winning commissions to depict scenes from books by Rabelais, Balzac, Milton and Dante.

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.  A decade later, he illustrated a French edition of Cervantes's Don Quixote, and his depictions of the knight and his squire, Sancho Panza, have   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6257 characters.]  Artist bio

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