Exhibit spotlights Victor Hugo's drawings

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 24, 2025 12:04 am

(UPDATE) LONDON — French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' and 'Les Miserables,' but less known is his work as an illustrator — now the subject of a new exhibition in London.

'Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo,' which opened at the Royal Academy of Arts on Friday, traces Hugo's passion for illustration, 140 years after his death.

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