2-HOUR-DRAWING-WORKSHOP
Discover the work and vision of Victor Hugo through drawing, mindfulness and the imagination

Date: 16/11/24
Time: 6-8pm
Location: The Royal Academy, London
Led by: Clare B-Harvey

Drop in on the first Friday night of the month for an evening of free drawing inspired by Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo on show at the Royal Academy 21 March - 29 June 2025

Discover the imaginary worlds of Victor Hugo, one of France’s most famous writers, at this workshop focussing on his rarely-seen works on paper.

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) was a leading public figure in 19th-century France. His books Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre Dame were printed worldwide. As both a poet and a politician, during his nearly twenty-year exile in the Channel Islands, he came to symbolise the ideals of the French republic: equality and freedom.

In private, his refuge was drawing. Hugo’s ink and wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters and seascapes are as poetic as his writing. His works inspired Romantic and Symbolist poets, and many artists including the Surrealists. Vincent van Gogh compared them to “astonishing things”.

more info to follow soon!….

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