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François Auguste René Rodin (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa oɡyst ʁəne ʁɔdɛ̃]; 12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture.
Jun 22, 2024 · Auguste Rodin, French sculptor of sumptuous bronze and marble figures, considered by some critics to be the greatest portraitist in the history of sculpture. The Gates of Hell, an unfinished project, resulted in two of his most famous pieces: The Thinker and The Kiss.
Auguste Rodin achieved the reputation of the father of modern sculpture with his iconic and powerful bronze portraits.
Rodin made numerous preparatory studies for the figure in an effort to create a vivid image of the author, who had died in 1850. One of the studies, a terracotta head ( 12.11.1 ), comes from the early stages of Rodin’s work on the monument. Many more followed for the head alone.
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917), known as Auguste Rodin (/oʊˈɡuːst roʊˈdæ̃/; French: [oɡyst ʁɔdɛ̃]), was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past.
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) was deeply inspired by tradition yet rebelled against its idealized forms. Over the course of a career that spanned the late 1800s and early 1900s, he introduced innovative practices that paved the way for modern sculpture.
Auguste Rodin. For Auguste Rodin, the sculpture St. John the Baptist Preaching began with a knock on his studio door. “An Italian entered,” the artist recalled, a rural laborer named Pignatelli who had recently arrived in Paris.
