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Gustave DORE

Charles Perrault, Contes, La Barbe Bleue, La Femme et son amie. Gravure originale sur bois debout, tirée sur Vélin fort

Hetzel, Paris 1862, 13,5x24,5cm (cuvette: 19,5x24,5cm), une feuille.

Woodcut wire signed in the plate by the artist. Composition made by Gustave Doré on Vellum strong at the request of the publisher Hetzel to illustrate his Folio edition in the Tales of Perrault in 1862 Some foxing in margins not involving the drawing. These illustrations of the tales are considered the most successful of this text: Gustave Doré offers a dramatic vision unprecedented. With him, everything contributes to the dramatization of the story, from the theatrical staging of the table down to the smallest details that create a terrifying realism thanks to the so-called "wood stain" technique. It uses ink or gouache, previously diluted as is the technique of "wash". For Perrault's tales, the eleven best writers of the time were enlisted to burn chisel forty planks: Pannemaker, Pisan, Pierdon, Maurand, Boetzel, Brevière, Hebert, Deschamps, Dumont, and Delduc Fagnon . The work of Gustave Doré as part of the Tales of the illustration is paramount; it does not reduce its ornamental engraving function but becomes a real object of narration. These illustrations are the most famous works and Doré received rave reviews immediately, especially that of Sainte-Beuve in The New Monday (23 December 1861): "An Perrault as there ever was, and as far no one will see. (...) I can only say that these drawings seem very beautiful, a rich and opulent turn, they have a grandeur that renews the appearance of these tales are humble and makes them their first pre-Perrault even wonderful. " --- Please note that the translation in english is done automatically, we apologize if the formulas are inaccurate. Contact us for any information!

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