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Auguste Rodin

Also known as Rodan, Ogi︠u︡st Roden, François Auguste René Rodin, René François Auguste Rodin, august rodin, rodin, a. rodin, rodin auguste

French sculptor (1840–1917)

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Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor, graphic artist, draftsperson, and photographer. Born René François Auguste Rodin in Paris in 1840, he studied at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs under Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and Horace Lecoq de Boisbaudran. His notable works include The Thinker, The Age of Bronze, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell.

Rodin received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Order of Leopold, and the Knight and Officer ranks of the Legion of Honour. He was married to Rose Beuret Mignon and was in an unmarried partnership with Camille Claudel and Gwen John. His students included Constantin Brâncuși, Camille Claudel, and Charles Despiau. He died in Meudon in 1917 and is buried there. His archives are held at the National Library of Wales and the Musée Rodin.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1840
Died: 1917
Works: 234

Top works

Briefe an zwei deutsche Frauen
Art
Catalogue des importants tableaux modernes et aquarelles
Rodin
Keimena gia tēn technē

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1840
Active to: 1917

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 6
Total plays: 6

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Quotes

“Barye... did not teach us much ; he was always worried and tired when he came, and always told us that it was very good.”
“To produce good sculpture it is not necessary to copy the works of antiquity; it is necessary first of all to regard the works of nature, and to see in those of the classics only the method by which they have interpreted nature.”
“Nobody does good to men with .”
“Gsell: What astonishes me, is that your way is so different from that of other sculptors. They prose the model. Instead of that, you wait till a model has instinctively or accidentally taken an Interesting pose, and thon you reproduce It. Instead of your giving orders to the model, the model gives orders to you.”
“In art a thing is beautiful whenever it has character. Character — this is the intense truth of any natural spectacle, whether beautiful or ugly. You may even call it a double truth. For it is the inner essence expressed by the outer appearance. It is the soul, the sentiment, the idea that shines out through the features of a fare, the pose and action of a human body, the tones of a skym the line of a horizon.”
“Now to the great artist, everything in nature has character.”

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Auguste Rodin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

François Auguste René Rodin (/roʊˈdæn/; French: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst(ə) ʁəne ʁɔdɛ̃]; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell.

Many of Rodin's most notable sculptures were criticized, as they clashed with predominant figurative sculpture traditions in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory. He modeled the human body with naturalism, and his sculptures celebrate individual character and physicality. Although Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, he refused to change his style, and his continued output brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.

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