In the volume Gustave Doré: Master of Imagination, curator Kaenel deftly, dutifully, but darkly notes that well-conceived plans for a major Doré retrospective in the United States in 2006 “had ...

GUSTAVE DORE.; DEATH OF THE GREAT FRENCH PAINTER AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-ONE YEARS. Share full article. Jan. 24, 1883. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

Gustave Doré (1832-1883): Master of Imagination Edited by Philippe Kaenel. (Flammarion, 336 pages, $60) Order: $39.25 on Amazon Although I haven’t seen the exhibit “Gustave Doré (1832-1883 ...

The reaction of the critics, on the other hand, was mixed. An unsigned review in Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art (February 6, 1864), comments “Whether M. Doré has been ...