Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Doré, Paul Gustave

DORÉ (dō-rā), PAUL GUSTAVE, a French draughtsman and painter; born in Strassburg, Jan. 6, 1833. He studied at Paris, contributing, when only 16 years of age, comic sketches to the &ldquo;Journal pour Rire.&rdquo; He distinguished himself greatly as an illustrator of books. His illustrations of &ldquo;Rabelais,&rdquo; of Perrault's &ldquo;Tales,&rdquo; Sue's &ldquo;Wandering Jew,&rdquo; Dante's &ldquo;Divina Commedia,&rdquo; and Cervantes's &ldquo;Don Quixote,&rdquo; displayed a great fertility of invention. His illustrations of the Bible, of Ariosto's &ldquo;Orlando Furioso,&rdquo; and Milton's &ldquo;Paradise Lost,&rdquo; are also of high excellence. As a painter he had grandeur of conception and a bold expressive style. Among his chief works are &ldquo;Christ leaving the Prætorium,&rdquo; &ldquo;Paolo and Francesca di Rimini,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Flight into Egypt,&rdquo; etc. In later years Doré also won fame as a sculptor. He died Jan. 23, 1883.