Gustave Dore (French, 1832-1883)Biography
French painter and book illustrator, born in Strasbourg. He first made his mark by his illustrations to 'Rabelais' (1854) and to 'The Wandering Jew' and Balzac's 'Contes drolatiques' (1865). These are followed by illustrated editions of Dante's 'Inferno' (1861), the 'Contes' of Perrault and 'Don Quixote' (1863), the 'Purgatorio' and 'Paradiso' of Dante (1868), the Bible (1865-66), 'Paradise Lost' (1866), Tennyson's 'Idylls of the King' (1867-68), La Fontaine's 'Fables' (1867). He also executed much in colour.
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