Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor (1840–1917) whose expressive, unfinished-looking surfaces broke from neoclassical smoothness and anticipated modern sculpture.
His most recognized works—The Thinker, The Kiss, The Gates of Hell—treat the human figure with psychological intensity.
Rodin's name appears in museum collections and art history discussions as a bridge between traditional and modern sculpture.
- sculptorArtist shaping solid materials
- The ThinkerIconic sculpture depicting contemplation
- The KissFamous sculpture of lovers
- bronzeCopper-tin alloy
- MichelangeloFlorentine sculptor and painter
Claude Monet · marble · French · form · nude · Edgar Degas · Victor Hugo · artistry · masterpiece · torso · Henri Matisse · human condition · bust · art nouveau · Pablo Picasso · plaster · passion · monument
- Derby WinnersSecretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, Omaha, Nijinsky
- French FiguresNapoleon Bonaparte, Marie Antoinette, Joan of Arc, Louis XIV, Louis XVI
- French NotablesVictor Hugo, Emile Zola, Zola, Marcel Proust, Proust
- SculptorsMichelangelo, Donatello, Bernini, Giacometti, Calder
- artistsPablo Picasso, painter, artist, illustrators, Leonardo da Vinci