Auguste RodinFrancia, 1840–1917Façade de tombeau italien
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- Ultimo cambio di stato
- Fonte
- Il museo
Sull’opera
Con le parole del museo — in francese
Feuille portant au recto les dessins D 3113 et D 3114 et au verso les dessins D 3115 et D 3116. Dimensions de la feuille.
Museo Rodin
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- D 3114
Che cosa raffigura
In catalogo
Fonti
- Museo Rodin
- Immagine: Museo Rodin — © Jean de Calan; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Auguste Rodin
Tutta la vita1890s–1900s
Young sculptors in Rodin's studio
His income let him hire gifted young sculptors, among them Antoine Bourdelle, Charles Despiau, Jules Desbois, François Pompon and Aristide Maillol. Constantin Brancusi left after two months, convinced that nothing grows under a big tree.
1897–1899
Anna Golubkina becomes his pupil
The Russian sculptor Anna Golubkina was Rodin's pupil in 1897–1899.
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.
1900s
Portraits of the famous and the rich
Rodin began to receive regular commissions for portraits; his clients included Bernard Shaw, Gustav Mahler, Georges Clemenceau, the Argentine president Sarmiento, the chemist Berthelot and the philanthropist Bertha Palmer. Clemenceau was displeased: he thought the portrait looked like a “Mongol general”.
1903
Succeeds Whistler as head of the International Society
After the death of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Rodin was elected president of the International Society of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers, largely thanks to Albert Ludovici.
20 maggio 1903 · Premio
Commander of the Legion of Honour
