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Portrait of Auguste Rodin

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Portrait of Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin | Eugène Carrière | Lemercier & Cie.

1897

Medium

Lithograph

Tags

Men Portraits Artists

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, PECO Foundation Gift, 2019

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Auguste Rodin

1840–1917 • France

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 trip to Italy proved transformative when encountering Michelangelo's work liberated him from academic constraints.

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