George Roux (1853–1929) was a French artist and book illustrator. His best-known works today are a large number of illustrations he created for the science-fiction novels of Jules Verne, in the series '' Les voyages extraordinaires''. He was the second-most prolific illustrator of Verne's novels, after

Léon Benett Léon Benett (born Hippolyte Léon Benet; 1839–1916) was a French painter and illustrator. He was born in Orange, Provence. He changed his name to "Léon Benett" to differentiate his career in the French administration from his work as a d ...

, drawing the illustrations for 22 novels in the original editions of Verne's works with the publisher

Pierre-Jules Hetzel Pierre-Jules Hetzel (15 January 1814 – 17 March 1886) was a French editor and publisher. He is best known for his extraordinarily lavishly illustrated editions of Jules Verne's novels, highly prized by collectors today. Biography Born in Ch ...

. The first of them was ''L’Épave du Cynthia'' (''

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'', 1885) and the last was ''L'Étonnante aventure de la mission Barsac'' (''

The Barsac Mission ''The Barsac Mission'' (french: L'Étonnante Aventure de la Mission Barsac) is a novel attributed to Jules Verne and written (with inspiration from two unfinished Verne manuscripts) by his son Michel Verne. First serialized in 1914, it was publish ...

'', 1919). He also illustrated André Laurie's ''Axel Ebersen, the Graduate of Upsala'' published in instalments in volume 14 (1981–2) of the Boy's Own Paper.

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Gallery of illustrations of "''Voyages Extraordinaires''"
compiled by the

Science-Fiction Studies ''Science Fiction Studies'' (''SFS'') is an academic journal founded in 1973 by R. D. Mullen. The journal is published three times per year at DePauw University. As the name implies, the journal publishes articles and book reviews on science fic ...

journal. French illustrators 19th-century French painters French male painters 20th-century French painters 20th-century male artists 1929 deaths Jules Verne 1853 births {{France-artist-stub