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Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor, considered by many to be the father of modern sculpture. He is best known for his iconic works such as The Thinker, The Kiss, and The Gates of Hell. Born in Paris on November 12, 1840, Rodin was the son of a police clerk and a seamstress. He studied art at the Petite Ecole, and later at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He was rejected twice from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, but continued to pursue his passion for sculpture. In 1877, Rodin was commissioned to create a monumental bronze door for the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris. The project, which took him over a decade to complete, was called The Gates of Hell. It featured over 200 figures, including The Thinker, which became one of his most famous works. Throughout his career, Rodin received numerous awards and honors, including the Legion of Honor in 1900. He died in Meudon, France, on November 17, 1917. Auguste Rodin's net worth is estimated to be around $20 million. He earned his wealth through the sale of his sculptures, as well as through various commissions. He also received a generous pension from the French government.

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Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 12 November 1840
Birthday 12 November
Birthplace Paris, France
Date of death 17 November, 1917
Died Place Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Nationality France

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2018

There he discovered sculpture and acquired a thorough grounding in the tradition of French 18th-century art. Rodin also studied anatomy under the tutelage of sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye.

1943

Rodin was involved in a controversial relationship with a fellow sculptor that he took under his guidance. Her name was Camille Claudel and they began a torrid affair which was destined not to flourish as Rodin was married. Camille Claudel never got over this and she was eventually committed to an institution for over 30 years where she died in 1943 with her family refusing to take her back home. It was felt at the time that Rodin had disowned her and this played a key part in her downfall.

1917

She and Rodin remained lifetime companions and formally married in 1917, the year they both died. Rodin had another relationship with a student named Camille Claudel, who was 25 years younger than him. She became his mistress at the age of 18, and inspired Rodin as a model for his several sculptures of passionate love couples.

1916

As an exchange, in 1916 Rodin gave his entire collection of art to France on the condition that the state maintain the Musée Rodin. The collection contains Rodin's most significant works, including "The Thinker", "The Kiss", "The Gates of Hell" and "The Burghers of Calais" in the front garden. Rodin's living rooms are decorated with paintings by Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Auguste Renoir that he had acquired. Rodin's own works and other art objects are still placed as Rodin set them. Auguste Rodin enjoyed friendships with some of the most important writers and artists of the day, such as Claude Monet, Paul Cezanne, Émile Zola, Robert Louis Stevenson and George Bernard Shaw.

1912

In 1912 the French government scheduled the Hotel Breton for demolition and ordered the tenants to vacate. Rodin persuaded the government to allow him to stay.

1908

From 1908-1917 Rodin lived at the Hotel Biron in Paris. There his neighbors included artist Henri Matisse, writer Jean Cocteau and dancer Isadora Duncan.

1904

In 1904 Rodin met the American-born Duchess Claire de Choiseul, who dominated his life until 1912. His complex relationships found reflection in his works: "Eternal Spring", "The Poet and Love", "The Genius and Pity", "The Sculptor and his Muse". Rodin preferred to sketch the natural spontaneity of amateur models, street acrobats, athletes and dancers. He worked with the freely moving models instead of copying traditional academic postures. From freely walking models Rodin would make quick sketches in clay, which he later reworked and fine-tuned, then cast in plaster and forged into bronze. A large staff of pupils, craftsmen and stonecutters were working for him, including Bourdelle.

Rodin also made another enlarged version of "The Thinker" in 1904. Bronze casts were not made by Rodin himself but by a professional reducteur, Henri Lebosse, under Rodin's supervision.

Finally Rodin turned to foundry owner Alexis Rudier, who made the 1904 bronze cast; it was unveiled to the public at the Paris Salon in 1904. Rodin was somewhat satisfied with Rudier's foundry and approved several subsequent casts. Rodin's works are distinguished by their lifelike energy and realism. His art embraced all aspects of humanity, ranging from distress and moral weakness to the heights of passion and beauty. Rodin's most famous bronze sculpture, "The Thinker", was originally named "The Poet" as a depiction of Dante Alighieri in front of the Gates of Hell. "The Thinker" was an achievement of a special harmony in showing premiere human qualities: heroic, poetic and intellectual. It was recast in over 20 copies for major museums, and was also reproduced in millions of smaller versions and became one of the most recognizable icons of art. Rodin's masterpieces--"The Age of Bronze", "The Burghers of Calais", "Eve", "The Kiss" and "The Thinker"--are among the most celebrated works of art in the world.

1903

In 1903 Rodin was appointed Commander of the Légion d'Honnoeur.

In 1903 he met an English painter, Gwendolen Mary John, and she became his mistress and was his model for "The Whistler Muse".

1902

The first large-scale bronze cast was completed in 1902, by A. A. Hebrard, but was rejected by Rodin.

1901

He gradually developed the initial palm-size sketch into the final life-size sculpture by 1901.

1899

In 1899 the large-scale "Eve" was shown at the Salon.

1892

In 1892 Rodin was promoted to Officer of the Légion d'Honneur.

1890

In the 1890s he created monuments to Claude Le Lorrain, Victor Hugo and Honoré de Balzac, and also worked on other commissions.

By that time he had exhibited a mid-size version of "The Thinker", which was cast in bronze in the 1890s. Meanwhile, Rodin made countless variations of "The Thinker" by subtle alterations to its pose and expression until he achieved the desired result with one of the bigger versions. In the course of 20 years Rodin was taking lengthy breaks in order to refresh his view of the work. At the same time he also became more experienced as an artist and a man.

1889

"The Kiss" was completed in marble in 1889.

1888

In 1888 the French government commissioned "The Kiss" in marble for the Universal exhibition of 1889. Rodin became the founding member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts. At that time he exhibited with Claude Monet.

1886

Famous French sculptor who is best known For Le Baiser 1886 and The Thinker 1880.

1884

In 1884 the city council of Calais commissioned a monument that became "The Burghers of Calais".

Camille was also a talented pupil; she worked for Rodin and assisted him during his four-year work on the bronze group "Les Bourgeois de Calais" ("The Burghers of Calais", 1884-1888). Unfortunately, her mental problems brought tragic complexity in Rodin's life (she was eventually committed to a mental asylum). He remained attached to Rose, who patiently endured his other affairs.

1880

Rodin's method of evolutionary development of his initial idea into a masterpiece was demonstrated by creation of "The Kiss" and "The Thinker", which were derived from smaller reliefs within "The Gates of Hell", a work he was commissioned to create in 1880 for a museum in Paris. For that project he made a palm-size sketch of "The Kiss" and a first small plaster version of "The Thinker" as a figure of the poet Dante Alighieri.

1879

From 1879-1882 Rodin worked at the Manufacture de Sevres.

1876

In 1876 Rodin created "The Bronze Age" and exhibited it in Brussels and at the Salon des artistes Francais in Paris. He was falsely accused by critics of having cast the entire statue from a live model. The French government bought "The Bronze Age" and a bronze model of St. John the Baptist.

1875

In 1875 he made a trip to Italy. where he studied the works of Michelangelo.

1870

During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871 he followed his teacher to Belgium. There he became a partner of Antoine Van Raspbourgh and worked on monumental allegorical sculptures for the Brussels Bourse. Rodin considered "Man with the Broken Nose" to be his earliest major work.

1866

They had a son, named Auguste-Eugene Beret, who was born in 1866. Rose became the model for many of his works.

1864

Much to his disappointment, the Salon rejected the work twice, in 1864 and 1865. While in Brussels Rodin made a number of decorative female figures in terra cotta, to which he began to sign his name.

In 1864 Rodin met a seamstress, Rose Beuret.

1858

In 1858 he left "la Petite Ecole" and sought admission to study at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts; he applied three times but was rejected each time. So, instead of a formal education, Rodin served a long and difficult apprenticeship under Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, a highly successful sculptor, for whom Rodin started as a modeler, then became an assistant.

1840

Auguste Rodin was a prominent French sculptor best known for "The Thinker. "He was born Francois-Auguste-Rene Rodin, on November 12, 1840, in Paris, France. His father, Jean-Baptiste Rodin, was a detective in the Paris police department. His mother, Marie Cheffer, was a former seamstress. Rodin was somewhat shy and nearsighted from an early age. Young Rodin started serious drawing lessons at the age of 10. From the age of 14 he studied art at the École Impériale de Dessin, a government school for craft and design (also called "la Petite École", or "Small School") in Paris.