Friday, 2 August 2019

Gustave Doré at the Strasbourg Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.


Gustave Doré was born in Strasbourg in 1832 and was a print maker, illustrator, comics artist, and caricaturist. He is famous for his wood carving illustrations of literary works from Balzac, Cervantes, Dante, Milton and Rabelais.

He was not successful as making a name for himself as a serious painter.

The Gustave Doré collection (432 works) was acquired by the museum mainly in 1992. The painting exhibited in the museum are influenced by romanticism. Some of them are extremely dark.

 


Le Christ Quittant Le Prétoire – Oil on Canvas (609 x 914 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Le Christ Quittant Le Prétoire (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (609 x 914 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Le Christ Quittant Le Prétoire (detail) – Oil on Canvas (609 x 914 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Le Christ Quittant Le Prétoire (detail) – Oil on Canvas (609 x 914 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Loch Leven – Oil on Canvas (111,8 x 195,6 cm) by Gustave Doré 



Loch Leven (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (111,8 x 195,6 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Loch Leven (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (111,8 x 195,6 cm) by Gustave Doré



Le Mont Sainte-Odile avec le mur païen – Oil on Canvas (195 x 131 cm) by Gustave Doré

 

Paysage des Pyrénées – Oil on Canvas (82 x 65 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Paysage des Pyrénées (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (82 x 65 cm) by Gustave Doré 



Les Martyrs Chrétiens (Sous-titre : La Nuit dans le Cirque) – Oil on Canvas (140 x 213,5 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Les Martyrs Chrétiens (Sous-titre : La Nuit dans le Cirque) (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (140 x 213,5 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Les Martyrs Chrétiens (Sous-titre : La Nuit dans le Cirque) (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (140 x 213,5 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Le Calvaire – Oil on Canvas (109,8 x 170,2 cm) by Gustave Doré 


Soir en Alsace – Oil on Canvas (191,8 x 127 cm) by Gustave Doré


Soir en Alsace (Detail) – Oil on Canvas (191,8 x 127 cm) by Gustave Doré


Further information


Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMC)
1 place Hans Jean Arp - 67000 Strasbourg - France                                                                           

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