Wood-engraving was his primary method at this time. Grandville have been noted as an influence on his work. At the age of 15, Doré began his career working as a caricaturist for the French paper Le journal pour rire. Seven years later, he began carving in stone. By age 5 he was a prodigy artist, creating drawings that were mature beyond his years. Biography ĭoré was born in Strasbourg on 6 January 1832. The drawings given to the block-cutters were often surprisingly sketch-like and free. on cylinder presses", allowing very large print runs as steel engravings, "hypnotizing the widest public ever captured by a major illustrator", and being published simultaneously in many countries. In all he created some 10,000 illustrations, the most important of which were "duplicated in electrotype shells that were printed. These achieved great international success, and he is the best-known artist in this printmaking technique, although his role was normally as the designer only at the height of his career some 40 block-cutters were employed to cut his drawings onto the wooden printing blocks, usually also signing the image. He is best known for his prolific output of wood-engravings, especially those illustrating classic books, including 241 illustrating the Bible. Paul Gustave Louis Christophe Doré ( UK: / ˈ d ɔːr eɪ/ DOR-ay, US: / d ɔː ˈ r eɪ/ dor- AY, French: 6 January 1832 – 23 January 1883) was a French artist, as a printmaker, illustrator, painter, comics artist, caricaturist, and sculptor.
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