Portrait of Auguste Rodin
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Sheet: 23 5/8 × 16 5/8 in. (60 × 42.2 cm) Image: 20 11/16 × 13 9/16 in. (52.6 × 34.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2019
Accession Number
2019.38
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Auguste Rodin|Eugène Carrière|Lemercier & Cie. · 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...