The metropolitan museum of art new york gift of thomas f. 123 8 x 79 1 x 64 5 cm. 48 3 4 x 31 1 8 x 25 3 8 in.
Orpheus and eurydice detail modeled probably before 1887 carved 1893. Auguste rodin french 1840 1917. I went to florence to find what.
Michelangelo revealed me to myself revealed to me the truth of forms rodin explained. During the modern art movement figurative marble sculptures remained popular thanks to auguste rodin whose larger than life pieces showcase a level of skill and an anatomical understanding inspired by michelangelo. Auguste rodin gave his sculptures in marble and bronze life and feelings the french artist died 1917 and broke with ancient traditions and opened the way to modern plastic art.
Rodin refused to exhibit it anywhere but in paris. Auguste rodin 1840 1917 decided to make the marble in 10 1910. Even today the rodin museum in paris still labels the work mozart gustav mahler.
Although rodin was especially proud of the likeness he had achieved the marble bust was mislabeled mozart. Works devoted exclusively to rodin s marble sculpture are rare thus the catalogue of the exhibition co published with hazan fills an important gap particularly in its exploration of the making of marble statuary suppliers practicians etc from an angle that has rarely been studied before. Originally titled francesca da rimini it depicts the 13th century italian noblewoman immortalized in dante s inferno who falls in love with her husband giovanni malatesta s younger brother paolo.
A 1882 marble sculpture by rodin the kiss depicts the embracing nude couple this is another piece which appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating the gates of hell. Marble sculpture on artsy. Buy bid and inquire on auguste rodin.
Auguste rodin in full françois auguste rené rodin born november 12 1840 paris france died november 17 1917 meudon french sculptor of sumptuous bronze and marble figures considered by some critics to be the greatest portraitist in the history of sculpture his the gates of hell commissioned in 1880 for the future museum of the decorative arts in paris remained unfinished at his.
Marble rodin sculptures. Home collections sculptures sculptures. Rodin was an extraordinary creative artist and a prolific worker. After attending the petite école he worked in the studio of the ornamentalist albert ernest carrier belleuse first in paris then in brussels where his skill in handling decorative subjects fashionable in the 18th century became apparent. Le baiser is an 1882 marble sculpture by the french sculptor auguste rodin the embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating rodin s monumental bronze portal the gates of hell commissioned for a planned museum of art in paris the couple were later removed from the gates and replaced with another pair of lovers.
Le baiser is an 1882 marble sculpture by the french sculptor auguste rodin the embracing nude couple depicted in the sculpture appeared originally as part of a group of reliefs decorating rodin s monumental bronze portal the gates of hell commissioned for a planned museum of art in paris the couple were later removed from the gates and replaced with another pair of lovers. After attending the petite école he worked in the studio of the ornamentalist albert ernest carrier belleuse first in paris then in brussels where his skill in handling decorative subjects fashionable in the 18th century became apparent. Rodin was an extraordinary creative artist and a prolific worker.
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