BESANÇON, France — The statue of Victor Hugo has loomed outside the city hall of his birthplace, situated on the Esplanade for Human Rights, since 2003, his white beard knotty, his black suit ...

RODIN'S STATUE OF VICTOR HUGO; Interesting Triumph of the Sculptor On the Poet's Fete Day. Share full article. Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES. Oct. 3, 1909; ...

A statue of Victor Hugo, which was a gift from the people of France, is being cleaned ahead of the 100th anniversary of its unveiling.

Understanding Victor Hugo, the artist, and tracing his footsteps through a hidden Paris. From the Sorbonne to the Church of Saint-Sulpice, the Paris skyline symbolises the legacy left behind by ...

Victor Hugo, Ma destinée (My destiny), 1867.Brown ink and wash and white gouache on paper. Maisons de Victor Hugo, Paris / Guernesey / Roger-Viollet. Hugo produced most of his drawings while in ...

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is an all-but-forgotten figure in American history. He was, however, responsible for one of the most enduring symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty. A ...

A statue of Victor Hugo by Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow in Besançon. Hugo's ambition was not just to tell a story, but to depict a place and time: late medieval Paris, the condition of its ...

Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris has fenced off a famous tomb to prevent lewd acts being performed on a statue. The effigy of 19th Century journalist known as Victor Noir has long been popular with ...

Knorowski said Victor Hugo, author of “Les Miserables” and “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” headed an effort to create a gold medallion in honor of Lincoln after his 1865 assassination.

The statue of the author stands in Candie Gardens, in St Peter Port, and was last cleaned in 1993 A statue of Victor Hugo, which was a gift from the people of France, is being cleaned ahead of the ...

A statue of Victor Hugo, which was a gift from the people of France, is being cleaned ahead of the 100th anniversary of its unveiling.