Hugo and Architecture. From Stone to the Pen

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, highlighting how it unfolds in his literary and graphic work. Romantic writer, accomplished playwright, engaged poet, visionary artist and decorator, Victor Hugo has long maintained a privileged and essential relationship with architecture that has deeply inspired him. Churches, cathedrals and castles darken his notebooks and give meaning to his narratives. As in the first half of the nineteenth century, when literature and the arts drew on ar…