Auguste Rodin
French
Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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Sculptor | The Three Shades | ||||||
Sculptor | Man with the Broken Nose (Rodin) | ||||||
Sculptor | The Shade | ||||||
1878/00/00 | Sculptor | The Walking Man | |||||
1880/08/16 | Auguste Rodin receives a commission to create a pair of bronze doors for a new decorative arts museum in Paris. Over the next 37 years, Rodin will add, remove, or alter more than 200 human figures on the sculpture at his studio in Meudon. | Sculptor | The Gates of Hell | ||||
1881/00/00 | Rodin models "The Thinker" in plaster, 1880-1881, to depict Dante Alighieri for the lintel of 'The Gates of Hell'. Dante was the poet who wrote the 'Divine Comedy'. | Sculptor | The Thinker | ||||
1884/00/00 | Rodin creates Eternal Springtime (French: L'Eternel Printemps) c 1884. He sculpted the pair of lovers kissing at the same time as The Gates of Hell, intending it to be part of the group. | Sculptor | L'Eternel Printemps | ||||
1884/00/00 | Commissioned by the city of Calais, Auguste Rodin begins modeling the Burghers of Calais, 1884-1885. | Sculptor | The Burghers Of Calais (statue) | ||||
1885/00/00 | A Rodin sculpts the head of "Lean d'Aire" in Paris, France. | Sculptor | Jean d'Aire, Colossal Head | ||||
1895/00/00 | Auguste Rodin's "Les Bourgeois de Calais" is cast in bronze and installed on a large pedestal in front of Richelieu Park in Calais. Later, it will be moved to be in front of the town hall. | Sculptor | The Burghers Of Calais (statue) | Calais | Hauts-de-France | ||
1900/08/18 | Saint-Gaudens wins a grand prize for sculpture for plaster versions of "The Sherman" and "The Shaw" and is awarded the Legion of Honor. When Auguste Rodin sees the Shaw Monument, he stops, takes off his hat and bows his head in silence. | Chairman of Arts Committee | Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial | Boston | 1900 Exposition Universelle | ||
1900/08/18 | Saint-Gaudens is awarded the Legion of Honor and the grand prize for sculpture for plaster versions of "The Sherman" and "The Shaw". | Chairman of Arts Committee | Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan | New York City | 1900 Exposition Universelle | ||
1908/00/00 | Rodin rents rooms at the Hotel Biron to use as a studio. | Work | Musee Rodin | Paris | |||
1911/00/00 | The National Art Collection Fund buys one of the four casts of the "Burghers of Calais". Auguste Rodin will be in London to advise on the installation of the statuary group. | Sculptor | The Burghers Of Calais (statue) | Victoria Tower Gardens | London | ||
1939/00/00 | Sculptor | Monument to Balzac |
10 Creative Works by Auguste Rodin »
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The Three Shades | Sculptor | Sculpture |
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Man with the Broken Nose (Rodin) | Sculptor | Sculpture |
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The Shade | Sculptor | Sculpture |
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The Walking Man | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1878/00/00 |
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The Gates of Hell | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1880/08/16 |
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The Thinker | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1881/00/00 |
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L'Eternel Printemps | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1884/00/00 |
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The Burghers Of Calais (statue) | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1884/00/00 |
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Jean d'Aire, Colossal Head | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1885/00/00 | |
Monument to Balzac | Sculptor | Sculpture | 1939/00/00 |
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