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  2. Auguste Rodin - Wikipedia

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    Rodin's sister Maria, two years his senior, died of peritonitis in a convent in 1862, and Rodin was anguished with guilt because he had introduced her to an unfaithful suitor. He turned away from art and joined the Catholic order of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament as a laybrother .

  3. The Thinker - Wikipedia

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    The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation.

  4. Rose Beuret - Wikipedia

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    She assisted him in the projection and organization of his workshop and posed for him on several occasions. With her, Rodin approached the portraits of women. They had a son, Auguste-Eugène Beuret (1866-1934), whom the artist did not recognize. [4] The son also served as a model for Rodin (Mignon, Bellone, L 'Alsacienne) and as a workshop boy. [2]

  5. Rodin, a Cadaver, and the Scandal That Nearly Derailed Him - AOL

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    Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyPARIS—When a young soldier stripped down in a Belgian art studio in the late 19th century to model for a struggling sculptor named ...

  6. The Gates of Hell - Wikipedia

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    The Gates of Hell (French: La Porte de l'Enfer) is a monumental bronze sculptural group work by French artist Auguste Rodin that depicts a scene from the Inferno, the first section of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. It stands at 6 metres high, 4 metres wide and 1 metre deep (19.7×13.1×3.3 ft) and contains 180 figures.

  7. The Burghers of Calais - Wikipedia

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    The Burghers of Calais (French: Les Bourgeois de Calais) is a sculpture by Auguste Rodin in twelve original castings and numerous copies. It commemorates an event during the Hundred Years' War , when Calais , a French port on the English Channel , surrendered to the English after an eleven-month siege.

  8. List of The Thinker sculptures - Wikipedia

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    This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) The Thinker in front of the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia This is a list of The Thinker sculptures made by Auguste Rodin. The Thinker, originally a part of Rodin's The Gates of Hell, exists in several versions. The original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by Rodin, and the most valuable ...

  9. Man with the Broken Nose - Wikipedia

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    The sculpture was cast on bronze with black, brown and green patina.It has a 12.5 x 15.1 x 15.3 cm (3.1 x 3.8 x 3.8 in) base, where Rodin's signature can be found. [4]Even though there is a clear influence by other works at the Louvre, this mask represents the fidelity on contours that is characteristic of Rodin, made clear in the profound wrinkles and severe facial expression.