Dore, Paul Gustave. French painter and book illustrator. Dore was born in Strasburg in 1833. Educated at a Parisian lycee. He became known by his illustrations of "Rabelais" and "Don Quixote," and for some years was a constant contributor to the "Journal pour Rire." At the time of the Crimean War, he produced his "Alma" and "Inkermann." In 1861 he published the first of his famous illustrations to Dante's "Divine Comedy," and next his illustrations to the "Bible," "Paradise Lost," "The Ancient Mariner," and "The Idylls of the King." These works secured for Dore a greater reputation in England than was accorded to him in his native country. He afterwards devoted himself to the production of large pictures on religious subjects, such as "The Dream of Pilate's Wife," "The Entry into Jerusalem," and "Ecce Homo." Died 1883.

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