Victor Hugo Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
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Original works by Victor Hugo available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Art Institute of Chicago Landscape with Two Ruined Castles
Louvre Museum Graphic Art Database, Paris (in French) 
Victor Hugo at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City 
Musée d'Orsay Collection Database, Paris One photograph by Victor Hugo and several by his son, François-Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. L'Eclair (Lightning), 1868
Bibliotheque Nationale de France (in French)  Online exhibition: "Victor Hugo, l'homme océan"
Jersey Heritage Trust, UK
Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland Alphabetically under "H"
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota 
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Artarchiv Sample Artist Signatures Scroll down to signature 179
Christie's Past Sale Archive NEW! (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive NEW! (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
Victor Hugo in the Art Renewal Center
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
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Miscellaneous Sites:
Rocbo Culture (in French) 
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Victor Hugo  Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
Grove Dictionary of Art Online (excerpt) 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Oxford Dictionary of Art (eNotes) 
Time Magazine "Sublime Windbag", 1998 article by Robert Hughes
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