This volume, as its title indicates, is a collection of engravings illustrative of the Bible—the designs being all from the pencil of the greatest of modern delineators, Gustave Dore. The original ...
Gustave Doré is not a household name in 2014, but his influence is everywhere, in movies, in comics, in fables and in religion. His work can be seen directly or indirectly in many of today’s most ...
“Gustave Doré (1832-1883): Master of Imagination” was organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the Musee d’Orsay, Paris. It runs until September 14 at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.
This is a story that spans 150 years, features appearances by characters as disparate as a world renowned artist and a Wild West showman, and has a very happy ending for one local art gallery. The ...