Gustave Dore
Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Dore was a French artist,
printmaker, illustrator and sculptor. Dore worked primarily with wood engraving.
In 1869 the journalist Blanchard Jerrold joined forces with
the famous French artist Gustave Dore to produce an illustrated record of the
‘shadows and sunlight’ of London. Jerrold and Dore spent many days and nights
exploring the capital they visited night refuges, fashionable shows and many
other places in London to get ideas; it took them 4 years to create this
project and published as London with 180 images. But then Dore started to
dislike sketching in public because his work only showed the extremes of
society.
From looking at Dore’s work, I have established that his work is unique
and different compared to other artists that I have looked at. By looking at
his work, you can have a rough idea about how life was like during the 1860s.
For example back then in the 1860’s there were a lot of events held and was rather
crowded, and people were concentrated on their religion and the history of
their country such as war. Dore mainly focuses on poverty as
he draws scenes that he has experienced and according to this website, they have described
these scenes as ‘’disturbing’’. http://www.prisonersofeternity.co.uk/gustave-dore-images-of-victorian-london/.
Overall, I find Gustave Dore's work very interesting due to the different techniques he uses in his works. His work has inspired me and I will be using his techniques in my own work in the future.
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