Valentine Hugo
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Valentine Hugo was an artist; she was born Valentine Gross in Boulogne-sur-Mer
and died in Paris
.
Valentine studied painting in Paris, and in 1919 married French artist Jean Hugo (1894–1984), great-grandson of Victor Hugo
. She collaborated with him on ballet designs including Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
(1921), and in 1926 executed 24 wood engravings after maquettes by Jean Hugo for Jean Cocteau
's production of Roméo et Juliette.
She met the surrealists around 1928 and actively participated in the movement between 1930 and 1936.
The foremost illustrator of Paul Éluard
's work, she first exhibited with the surrealists in the Salon des Surindépendants of 1933.
Her many illustrations include,
A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Centre Culturel Thibaud de Champagne, Troyes, in 1977.
Other exhibitions of her work have been at: Tenerife (1935), Copenhagen (1935), New York (1937), Tokyo (1937).
Boulogne-sur-Mer
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and died in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Valentine studied painting in Paris, and in 1919 married French artist Jean Hugo (1894–1984), great-grandson of Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France....
. She collaborated with him on ballet designs including Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
Les mariés de la tour Eiffel is a ballet to a libretto by Jean Cocteau, choreography by Jean Börlin, set by Irène Lagut, costumes by Jean Hugo, and music by five members of Les six – Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc and Germaine Tailleferre. The score calls for two...
(1921), and in 1926 executed 24 wood engravings after maquettes by Jean Hugo for Jean Cocteau
Jean Cocteau
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, María...
's production of Roméo et Juliette.
She met the surrealists around 1928 and actively participated in the movement between 1930 and 1936.
The foremost illustrator of Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard
Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel , was a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement.-Biography:...
's work, she first exhibited with the surrealists in the Salon des Surindépendants of 1933.
Her many illustrations include,
- Comte de LautréamontComte de LautréamontComte de Lautréamont was the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse , an Uruguayan-born French poet....
's Les Chants de MaldororLes Chants de MaldororLes Chants de Maldoror is a poetic novel consisting of six cantos. It was written between 1868 and 1869 by the Comte de Lautréamont, the pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse...
(1933) - Achim d'Arnim's Contes bizarres (1933)
- Arthur RimbaudArthur RimbaudJean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud was a French poet. Born in Charleville, Ardennes, he produced his best known works while still in his late teens—Victor Hugo described him at the time as "an infant Shakespeare"—and he gave up creative writing altogether before the age of 21. As part of the decadent...
's Les Poètes de sept ans (1939) - Paul ÉluardPaul ÉluardPaul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel , was a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement.-Biography:...
's Les Animaux et leurs hommes (1937)
A retrospective exhibition of her work was held at the Centre Culturel Thibaud de Champagne, Troyes, in 1977.
Other exhibitions of her work have been at: Tenerife (1935), Copenhagen (1935), New York (1937), Tokyo (1937).