The Royal Academy's latest exhibition, Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo offers a rare glimpse into the dark ...

Victor Hugo was "the French equivalent of Shakespeare ... Hugo self-deprecatingly described his approach to drawing as "using up spare ink" – but at its best, his art is "haunting" and "timeless".

A glimpse into the darkest corners of Hugo’s mind through his fantastical ink landscapes ... thanks to “Astonishing Things: The Drawings of Victor Hugo” (to 29 June) at the Royal Academy ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning The ... “in private, his refuge was drawing”. “Hugo’s ink and wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters and seascapes are as poetic ...

French writer Victor Hugo is famous for penning "The ... "in private, his refuge was drawing". "Hugo's ink and wash visions of imaginary castles, monsters and seascapes are as poetic as his ...

Indeed, for Victor Hugo, making pictures was another mode ... It would be a mistake to think Hugo was a great artist – though ink was common to his pictures and prose, his prose was better ...