biography of Auguste RODIN (1840-1917)
Personal data
Birth : 11/12/1840 - Paris, France
Death : 11/17/1917 - Meudon, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France
Representatives
Bruton Gallery – 40 East 61 Street – New York NY, United States
Education
1854 – 1857 : École Impériale de Dessin – La Petite Ecole – Paris, France
Professional data
Work and Life
1919:A decree officially established the Rodin Museum which opened its doors to the public on 4 August 1919.
1900:He shocked the academic world with his revolutionary sculptures and made up his own rules. His “Monument to Balzac” was scorned at. Fortunately there were admirers as well and in 1900 he was a famous and well respected artist, who received many commi
1884:He was commissioned to create a monument that became The Burghers of Calais.
1875:Rodin traveled to Italy, where the works of MICHELANGELO made a strong impression on him.
1864:Rodin met a seamstress named Rose BEURET.
1854:He applied three times to study at the renowned Ecole des Beaux-Arts but was rejected each time.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : 
Print-Multiple : 
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Marble - Plaster 
Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour Movements and styles
RealismWorks
| The Kiss | |
| Date of creation : 1901 Medium : Marble Size : 182 x 122 x 153 cm | |
| Monument to Balzac | |
| Date of creation : 1897 Printed : 1954 Medium : Bronze Size : 269 cm | |
| Honoré de Balzac | |
| Date of creation : 1891 Medium : Terracotta Subject : bust Size : 24 cm | |
| Iris, Messenger of the Gods | |
| Date of creation : 1890 Medium : Bronze Size : 37 x 34 x 16 inch | |
| Les bourgeois de Calais | |
| Date of creation : 1884 Medium : Bronze Size : 82 x 95 x 78 inch | |
| The Gates of Hell | |
| Date of creation : 1880 Medium : Bronze | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2006
Rodin, la main révèle l’homme
Musée Rodin – Paris, France
02/07/2006 – 05/28/2006
2004
Dante et Virgile aux Enfers
Musée Rodin – Paris, France
2004 – 06/24/2004
Musée Faure – Aix-les-Bains, France
2004 – 09/27/2004
Sculptures de terre : Rodin face à l’Antique
Musée Rodin – Paris, France
01/13/2004 – 04/01/2004
2002
Maître Rodin à Prague
Musée Rodin – Paris, France
2002
1997
Rodin: Sculpture from the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection
Norton Museum of Art – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/20/1997 – 03/23/1997
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2004
ART2004 – The 16th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/14/2004 – 01/18/2004
Represented by : Coskun & Co. Fine Art – 93 Walton Street – London, United Kingdom
2001
ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Coskun & Co. Fine Art – 93 Walton Street – London, United Kingdom
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Browse & Darby – 19 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
2000
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : Shining Collection of Chi-Mei Museum – 162 East 74th Street – New York NY, United States
1999
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy
1998
Art Moscow – III International Art Fair
Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
03/05/1998 – 03/09/1998
Represented by : Galerie Albert Benamou – 16 Avenue Matignon – Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2004
Autour de Rodin, la porte de l’enfer
Hôtel de ville – Liévin, France
01/05/2004 – 01/26/2004
2003
Le Corps Transformé
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada – National Gallery of Canada – Shawinigan, Canada
06/15/2003 – 10/05/2003
Pour l’amour de Vénus
Donjon de Vez – Vez, France
06/14/2003 – 09/30/2003
Le Beau Corps de la Mémoire
MAC’s Grand-Hornu – Musée des Arts Contemporains – Hornu, Belgium
03/16/2003 – 06/29/2003
A Private Passion: 19th Century Paintings and Drawings from the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection, Harvard University
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Lyon, France
03/14/2003 – 05/26/2003
L’Invitation au voyage : l’Avant-garde française de Gauguin à Matisse de la collection du musée de l¿Ermitage
Musée des Beaux-Arts – Montréal QC, Canada
01/31/2003 – 04/27/2003
2002
Les Jeux dans l’art du 20e siècle
Espace Bellevue – Biarritz, France
06/22/2002 – 10/03/2002
París-Barcelona
Museu Picasso / Museo Picasso – Barcelona, Spain
02/28/2002 – 05/26/2002
2001
Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001
1993
From Rodin to Serra
Gstaad, Switzerland
03/1993 – 04/1993
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Monographies
1996
Rodin
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
Author: Goldscheider Ludwig
02/1996
ISBN : 0714835773
1995
Rodin : La Passion du mouvement
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Jarrassé Dominique
05/1995
ISBN : 287939130X
1987
Rodin: Sculpture & Drawings
Publisher: Yale University Press – New Haven CT, United States
Author: Lampert Catherine
02/1987
ISBN : 0300038321
Periodicals
2002
LEMAIRE Gérard-Georges – Quand Rodin triomphait à Prague
in: L’Art Aujourd’hui n° 1 p. 8
Paris, France
13/09/2002-19/09/2002
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