One of the 19th century’s greatest writers, Hugo also found time to produce art admired by founder of surrealism Andre Breton ...

Mention the name “Victor Hugo” and most people immediately think of his masterpiece Les Misérables, famously adapted into the ...

A giant mushroom towers over a blasted landscape. A rampant octopus performs otherworldly semaphore with improbably knotted ...

Sculptor Antony Gormley and Professor of French literature, Catriona Seth discuss Victor Hugo's visual art with Tom Sutcliffe. Victor Hugo was a 19th century cultural colossus, known for monumental ...

When the French novelist died in 1885, he left behind The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, Les Misérables – and a fragile cache of jaw-dropping art ...

Although better known for his sprawling Romantic novels The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and Les Misérables, celebrated French author Victor Hugo spent much of his time drawing.

Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by Victor Hugo. Ahead of a new show opening at the Royal Academy, Michael Hodges follows the path of the celebrated French writer and ...

Forget Jean Valjean and Quasimodo, here are three things you might not know about this French polymath. Hugo once said that ...

The artwork 'Mirror with Birds' is displayed during media preview of the Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo exhibition, at the Royal Academy Of Arts, in London, England, Tuesday, ...

Julian Barnes's essay Changing My Mind, Victor Hugo's artwork, Emma Donoghue's new book The Paris Express We use cookies to ...