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Hugo and Architecture. From Stone to the Pen

Culture · Thursday, October 1 · 10:00 · Paris

Maison de Victor Hugo, 6 place des Vosges

Free

Following Hugo the decorator, currently presented at the Maison de Victor Hugo, this exhibition explores the links between Victor Hugo and architecture, and highlights how it unfolds in his literary and graphic work.\n\nRomantic writer, accomplished playwright, engaged poet, visionary artist and decorator, Victor Hugo maintains a privileged and indispensable relationship with architecture that has always deeply inspired him. Churches, cathedrals and castles darken his notebooks and give meaning to his narratives. Just as in the first half of the 19th century where literature…