Exhibition

Hugo and Architecture, from Stone to Pen

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Paris

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Venue

Victor Hugo House

Paris

Dates

11 June 2026 to 22 November 2026

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The Maison de Victor Hugo reveals the writer as draughtsman, haunted by stone and cathedrals, in an exhibition of drawings, from 11 June to 22 November 2026.

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To discover Victor Hugo the draughtsman and his world of dreamed-up architectures, a little-known facet of his genius revealed through his works on paper.

["A lesser-known Victor Hugo: the draughtsman haunted by architecture","Castles, keeps and cathedrals born of ink and wash","The link between his fight for heritage and his graphic imagination","At the Maison de Victor...

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Victor Hugo is well known as a writer and a champion of heritage; far less known is that he was also a tireless draughtsman, haunted by stone, towers and ruins. The Maison de Victor Hugo devotes a thematic exhibition to him, Hugo and Architecture, from Stone to Pen, which follows the thread of architecture through his. Victor Hugo is well known as a writer and a champion of heritage; far less known is that he was also a tireless draughtsman, haunted by stone, towers and ruins.

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To discover Victor Hugo the draughtsman and his world of dreamed-up architectures, a little-known facet of his genius revealed through his works on paper. ["A lesser-known Victor Hugo: the draughtsman haunted by architecture","Castles, keeps and cathedrals born of ink and wash","The link between his fight for heritage and his graphic imagination","At the Maison de Victor.

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