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Thisguy who failed three times trying to get into the École des Beaux-Arts & sculpted "Man with the Broken Nose"? Hmm, that's a "Thinker" |
Rodin
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$200 |
J |
AN ARTIST'S LIFE |
2025-10-01 |
#9403 |
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This French sculptor was accused of using a life cast for his "Age of Bronze" because it was so realistic |
Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
2025-06-02 |
#9346 |
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Victor Hugo didn't want to pose for a bust, so this French sculptor made some quicksketches, &, voilà, abustwas born |
Rodin
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$1,000 |
J |
VERY ARTISTIC |
2023-02-24 |
#8815 |
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For a sculpture called"La France", he used the features of Camille Claudel, a sculptor who was also his assistant & lover |
Rodin
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$1,000 |
J |
ART-POURRI |
2023-02-02 |
#8799 |
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Before executing an 1890s monument to Balzac, this sculptor got the late novelist's measurements from his former tailor |
Rodin
DD
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$600 |
J |
ARTISTS |
2022-03-11 |
#8595 |
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Here's a thinker--in 1864 he submitted his first sculpture to the Paris salon, "Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose" |
Rodin
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$200 |
J |
VISUAL ART |
2017-07-06 |
#7569 |
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His unfinished "Gates of Hell" bronze doors were commissioned for a museum that was never built |
Rodin
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$2,000 |
DJ |
COMMISSIONED ARTWORKS |
2015-02-18 |
#7008 |
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His Philadelphia museum houses more than 120 sculptures, including a bronze cast of "The Thinker" |
Rodin
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$1,600 |
DJ |
ART 101 |
2010-11-15 |
#6021 |
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In 1978 2 of his studies in bronze for his "Burghers of Calais" were stolen from a St. Louis museum |
Rodin
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$1,200 |
DJ |
ART HEISTS |
2010-06-08 |
#5937 |
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Sculptures of his at the Musee d'Orsay include "Balzac" & "L'hiver" |
Rodin
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$400 |
J |
ART & ARTISTS |
2009-12-04 |
#5805 |
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"The Poet" was an earlier title for this French sculptor's "The Thinker" |
Rodin
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$1,200 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
2009-11-09 |
#5786 |
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His works include "Victor Hugo","Gates of Hell" &"The Thinker" |
(Auguste) Rodin
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$400 |
DJ |
YOU GOTTA HAVE ART |
2009-01-19 |
#5611 |
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His sculpture of Victor Hugo got a "miserable" reaction; later it was placed on the avenue named for Hugo |
Rodin
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$400 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
2007-12-17 |
#5356 |
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In Paris you can see this sculptor's 1901creation, which he considered a finished work |
Auguste Rodin
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$1,200 |
DJ |
MUTILATED ART |
2007-01-17 |
#5148 |
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This French sculptor's first masterwork, a young male nude circa 1875, was later called "The Age of Bronze" |
Auguste Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
THE ART WORLD |
2004-01-13 |
#4457 |
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In 1909 one of his nude statues of Victor Hugo was installed at the Gallery of the Palais-Royal |
Auguste Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
ARTISTS IN FRANCE |
2003-03-14 |
#4275 |
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"Dying Centaur" artist Antoine Bourdelle spent years as chief assistant to this more famous French sculptor |
Rodin
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$200 |
J |
ART & ARTISTS |
2002-05-02 |
#4079 |
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In the 1860s this Frenchman, truly a deep "thinker", briefly studied for the religious life |
Rodin
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$200 |
DJ |
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS |
2001-05-31 |
#3869 |
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Gerard Depardieu in "Camille Claudel" |
Auguste Rodin
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$1,000 |
DJ |
ARTISTS ON FILM |
2000-02-28 |
#3571 |
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(Alex: Welcome to an outdoor museum of sculptures by Swedish artist Carl Milles) Carl Milles' early work was influenced by this French sculptor of "The Kiss" |
Auguste Rodin
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$1,000 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
1999-05-21 |
#3400 |
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People said his male nude "The Age of Bronze" was so lifelike, he must have made casts from live models |
Auguste Rodin
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$1,000 |
DJ |
THE NUDE IN ART |
1999-04-28 |
#3383 |
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A Philadelphia museum devoted to this "Thinker" sculptor has a bronze cast of his "Burghers of Calais" |
Auguste Rodin
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$400 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
1999-02-24 |
#3338 |
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This "Thinker" sculptor was denied admission to the School of Fine Arts in Paris 3 times |
Auguste Rodin
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$200 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
1998-11-11 |
#3263 |
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Brancusi declined to study under this French sculptor, saying, "Nothing grows under large trees" |
Auguste Rodin
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$400 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1998-02-20 |
#3110 |
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This great French sculptor sculpted "The Kiss" in 1886 |
Auguste Rodin
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$1,000 |
DJ |
ART |
1997-05-12 |
#2936 |
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In 1988 his sculpture "Man with a Broken Nose" was stolen from a Philadelphia museum |
(Auguste) Rodin
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$600 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1997-04-15 |
#2917 |
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His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo |
Auguste Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
ART & ARTISTS |
1996-12-06 |
#2825 |
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The gallery has one of this sculptor's bronze casts of Jean d'Aire, A Burgher of Calais |
(Auguste) Rodin
DD
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$1,500 |
DJ |
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART |
1995-12-25 |
#2606 |
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This Fr. sculptor succeeded Whistler as pres. of a society of sculptors, painters & engravers |
Rodin
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$600 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1995-01-16 |
#2391 |
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In 1978 3 of his bronzes, including "The Clenched Hand", were stolen from the St. Louis Art Museum |
Rodin
DD
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$700 |
DJ |
ART |
1994-11-04 |
#2340 |
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A group of studies & figures from his "The Burghers of Calais" is in the Brooklyn Museum |
Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
ART |
1994-06-29 |
#2278 |
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His "Gates of Hell" sculpture was commissioned in 1880 as the door for the Musee des Arts Decoratifs |
Rodin
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$400 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1994-03-31 |
#2214 |
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He sculpted George Bernard Shaw & Nijinsky as well as Balzac & Victor Hugo |
Auguste Rodin
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$600 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1993-11-17 |
#2118 |
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At a Philadelphia art museum, you can see the first bronze cast of this Frenchman's "Gates of Hell" |
(Auguste) Rodin
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$1,000 |
DJ |
ART |
1991-05-17 |
#1560 |
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In 1923 "Time" reported this French sculptor died neglected, after giving his sculptures to France |
Rodin
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$600 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1991-04-02 |
#1527 |
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His dramatic sculpture of Balzac was rejected by the committee that commissioned it |
Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
ARTISTS' SUBJECTS |
1991-01-04 |
#1465 |
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The "Thinker" guards the entrance to the Philadelphia museum devoted to this sculptor |
Rodin
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$200 |
J |
ART |
1990-11-16 |
#1430 |
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His sculpture "The Thinker" is part of a larger work called "The Gates of Hell" |
Rodin
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$100 |
J |
ART |
1990-09-18 |
#1387 |
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He was involved in a stormy affair with one of his students when he sculpted "The Kiss" |
(Auguste) Rodin
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$600 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1990-04-20 |
#1310 |
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Sculptor of "The Thinker" & "The Kiss", museums in Paris & Philadelphia are named for him |
(Auguste) Rodin
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$400 |
DJ |
ART |
1988-09-26 |
#931 |
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His sculptures of famous writers included Shaw, Balzac & 2 nudes of Victor Hugo |
Rodin
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$600 |
DJ |
ARTISTS |
1988-01-14 |
#779 |
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A project based on Dante's "Inferno" yielded his sculptures "The Kiss" & "The Thinker" |
Rodin
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$400 |
J |
ARTISTS |
1986-05-07 |
#433 |
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So real was his "Age of Bronze", this 19th century sculptor was accused of taking a cast from life |
Rodin
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$800 |
DJ |
ART |
1986-02-27 |
#384 |