Gustave DoréFrench, 1832–1883Paysage de Bretagne
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Paysage de Bretagne” now? Collection: Musée de Brou, Bourg-en-Bresse. Unknown.
Bourg-en-Bresse, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 987.8
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée de Brou
- Image: Musée de Brou — © Maertens; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
In the life of Gustave Doré
The whole life6 January 1832
Born
late 1847
The album “The Labours of Hercules”: the author is fifteen
At the end of 1847 an album of lithographs, “The Labours of Hercules”, is published by Aubert; it states that the author is a fifteen-year-old artist who made them without a teacher and without a classical education.
1847
Moving to Paris with his mother
In 1847 Gustave moves to Paris with his mother, where he is enrolled at the Lycée Charlemagne. He never receives an artistic education, but spends his time in the Louvre and the National Library studying paintings and engravings.
1847
Caricaturist at “Le Journal pour rire”
The fifteen-year-old Doré goes to Philipon, editor-in-chief of Le Journal pour rire, with a series of drawings of the labours of Hercules and is taken on as a staff member at a salary of 5,000 francs.
1867
A major exhibition in London and the Doré Gallery
In 1867 a major exhibition of Doré's work is held in London; it leads to the foundation of the Doré Gallery in Bond Street.
23 January 1883
Died
