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The Thinker (Le Penseur), Auguste Rodin, model 1880, cast 1901
Auguste Rodin, portraitAuguste RodinFrance, 1840–1917

The Thinker (Le Penseur)

model 1880, cast 1901 · Sculpture

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, États-Unis

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Numéro d’inventaire
1942.5.12

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MaleSeated figureNu

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SculptureBronzeImpressionnismeXIXe siècleFrenchRomantic

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Pendant ce temps, chez Auguste Rodin

La vie entière

  1. 1880

    Receives the commission for “The Gates of Hell”

    His first state commission was a sculptural portal for a planned Museum of Decorative Arts; with it Rodin received two studios on the Rue de l'Université. The museum was never built and “The Gates of Hell” remained unfinished: they were first cast in bronze after the master's death.

  2. 1883

    Meets Camille Claudel

    Standing in for Alfred Boucher, who was away, Rodin supervised his students' course and met the eighteen-year-old Camille Claudel. She became his assistant, model, lover and creative rival.

  3. 1885

    Camille Claudel: assistant and lover

    From 1885 Claudel worked as an assistant in Rodin's studio and posed for him, and soon they became lovers. The affair lasted nine years, and Rodin did not break with Rose Beuret, who knew her role as “the other woman”.

  4. 1889

    Rodin and Monet at the Georges Petit gallery

    “The Burghers of Calais” was the main event of a joint exhibition of Rodin and Claude Monet: thirty-six sculptures by Rodin and seventy paintings by Monet.

  5. 1898

    Parts from Camille Claudel

    Rodin never gave up Rose Beuret, his companion of the lean years and the mother of his son; in 1898 he and Claudel parted. A few years later Claudel suffered what is called a nervous breakdown, and her family confined her to an institution for thirty years.

  6. 1900

    Rodin's pavilion at the World's Fair

    The French government gave him an entire pavilion: a retrospective of 136 sculptures and 14 unfinished works showed “The Gates of Hell” for the first time. The exhibition brought sales of sculptures to museums around the world worth about 200,000 francs.

Autres œuvres : Auguste Rodin

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Adam, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910

Adam

modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Honoré de Balzac, Auguste Rodin, 1891

Honoré de Balzac

1891 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Final Study for the Monument to Balzac, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1897, cast 1972

Final Study for the Monument to Balzac

modeled 1897, cast 1972 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Burghers of Calais, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1884–95, cast 1985

The Burghers of Calais

modeled 1884–95, cast 1985 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Torso, Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1877–78, cast 1979

Torso

modeled ca. 1877–78, cast 1979 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Head of Balzac, Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1892–93, cast 1980

Head of Balzac

modeled ca. 1892–93, cast 1980 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Despairing Adolescent, Auguste Rodin, modeled 1882, cast 1980

Despairing Adolescent

modeled 1882, cast 1980 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Clenched Left Hand (Study for Hand of Pierre de Wiessant), Auguste Rodin, modeled ca. 1885, cast 1974

The Clenched Left Hand (Study for Hand of Pierre de Wiessant)

modeled ca. 1885, cast 1974 · Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dans la même salle · G-002, National Gallery of Art

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Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville, Auguste Rodin, 1913-1914

Auguste Rodin

Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville, 1913-1914

Gustav Mahler, Auguste Rodin, 1909

Auguste Rodin

Gustav Mahler, 1909

Aurora and Tithonus, Auguste Rodin, 1905 or 1906

Auguste Rodin

Aurora and Tithonus, 1905 or 1906

Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson), Auguste Rodin, 1902-1903

Auguste Rodin

Katherine Seney Simpson (Mrs. John W. Simpson), 1902-1903

Head of Balzac, Auguste Rodin, model 1897, cast probably early 20th century

Auguste Rodin

Head of Balzac, model 1897, cast probably early 20th century

Head of Balzac, Auguste Rodin, model 1897

Auguste Rodin

Head of Balzac, model 1897

Jean d'Aire, Auguste Rodin, model 1884-1889, cast probably early 20th century

Auguste Rodin

Jean d'Aire, model 1884-1889, cast probably early 20th century

A Burgher of Calais (Jean d'Aire), Auguste Rodin, model 1884-1889, reduction cast probably 1895

Auguste Rodin

A Burgher of Calais (Jean d'Aire), model 1884-1889, reduction cast probably 1895

Sur le même thème · Male

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Jose Clemente Orozco, New York City, Ansel Adams, 1933, printed 1981

Ansel Adams

Jose Clemente Orozco, New York City, 1933, printed 1981

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art

Alfred Stieglitz and Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, An American Place, New York City, Ansel Adams, 1939, printed 1981

Ansel Adams

Alfred Stieglitz and Painting by Georgia O'Keeffe, An American Place, New York City, 1939, printed 1981

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art

Old Man Carrying a Basket, Facing Right, Vincent van Gogh, 1882

Vincent van Gogh

Old Man Carrying a Basket, Facing Right, 1882

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art

Man Polishing a Boot, Vincent van Gogh, 1882

Vincent van Gogh

Man Polishing a Boot, 1882

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art

Young Man [verso], Pablo Picasso, c. 1906

Pablo Picasso

Young Man [verso], c. 1906

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art

Acrobat in Repose (Le saltimbanque au repos), Pablo Picasso, 1905, published 1913

Pablo Picasso

Acrobat in Repose (Le saltimbanque au repos), 1905, published 1913

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art

Pedro Mañach, Pablo Picasso, 1901

Pablo Picasso

Pedro Mañach, 1901

National Gallery of Art

Two Sculptors before a Statue (Deux sculpteurs devant une statue), Pablo Picasso, 1931

Pablo Picasso

Two Sculptors before a Statue (Deux sculpteurs devant une statue), 1931

Non exposée · National Gallery of Art