Portrait of Antonin Proust
Auguste Rodin
1884–88
Medium
Drypoint on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 11.3 × 6.6 cm (4 1/2 × 2 5/8 in.); Plate: 24 × 17.9 cm (9 1/2 × 7 1/16 in.); Sheet: 35.4 × 25.6 cm (13 15/16 × 10 1/8 in.)
Classification
drypoint
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
80881
About the Artist
Auguste Rodin · 1840–1917
François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917) stands as the founder of modern sculpture, transforming the art form from academic tradition into expressive modernism. Born into a working-class Parisian family, Rodin faced early rejection, failing three times to gain admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. This setback forced him to work as a craftsman for nearly two decades, though his 1875 tr...