author
Gustave Doré
1832–1883
Best known for haunting, richly detailed illustrations of classics like The Divine Comedy, Don Quixote, and the Bible, this French artist helped define how generations of readers pictured great books. He was also a painter, sculptor, and caricaturist whose imagination could turn any page into a grand, dramatic scene.
2 Audiobooks
Two Hundred Sketches Humorous and Grotesque
by Gustave Doré
Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Gustave Doré
by Gustave Doré
About the author
Born in Strasbourg on January 6, 1832, Gustave Doré showed unusual artistic talent very early and was publishing caricatures while still a teenager. He built an extraordinary career in Paris and became one of the 19th century’s most celebrated illustrators, working across printmaking, painting, sculpture, and drawing.
Doré is especially remembered for the powerful images he created for major literary works, including Dante, Cervantes, Milton, Poe, and the Bible. His scenes are often vast, theatrical, and full of movement, which made them unforgettable to readers and hugely influential on later artists and popular visual culture.
Although illustration made him famous, he also wanted recognition as a painter and sculptor, and his work reached audiences far beyond France. He died in Paris on January 23, 1883, but his art still shapes the visual world of classic storytelling.