Friday 15 June 2018

108) François Auguste René Rodin

François Auguste René Rodin (1840 – 1917), known as Auguste Rodin. French sculptor. His "Thinker" is among the most recognized works in all of sculpture.
Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were criticized during his lifetime. 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, modeled the human body with realism and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive to the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style. Successive works brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.
He became the preeminent French sculptor of his time and 1900 he was a world-renowned artist.
His sculptures suffered a decline in popularity after his death in 1917, but within a few decades, his legacy solidified. Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known outside the visual arts community.


- "(My favorite detail is the auburn tinge to his hair and beard—who knew that Rodin was a redhead?)" https://www.metmuseum.org/…/2017/auguste-rodin-was-a-redhead


- "The most likely prototype is François Auguste René, who had red hair and red beard." https://books.google.it




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