Auguste Rodin transformed nineteenth-century sculpture through fragmented bodies, visibly worked surfaces and an approach to casting that allowed figures and details to migrate between compositions. The Gates of Hell became a lifelong reservoir from which many of his most famous independent sculptures emerged.
Sculpture; drawing; watercolor
Artist Films
Auguste Rodin – The Kiss | TateShots
Works in Collections
Adam
Modeled 1881, cast c. 1924 · Bronze with dark brown patina
198.1 × 73.7 cm (78 × 29 in.); Base: 76.2 × 73.7 cm (30 × 29 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago →
Major Works
- 1877The Age of Bronze
- 1877–1900The Walking Man
- 1880–1917The Gates of Hell
- 1880–1904The Thinker
- 1882The Kiss
- 1883Eve
- 1884–89The Burghers of Calais
- 1889The Danaïd
- 1898Monument to Balzac
- 1908The Cathedral
Interviews & Writing
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