Mostly self-educated, Rodin was a passionate re-reader of his favourite books, and Ovid's Love Elegies occupied a special place in his imagination. These woodcut illustrations were taken from the astonishingly free and improvisatory life drawings he made in his later years.

Mostly self-educated, Rodin was a passionate re-reader of his favourite books, and Ovid's Love Elegies occupied a special place in his imagination. For many people these are the most entrancing manifestation of his genius.

Elegies of Love book. With Christopher Marlowe’s glittering translation highlighting Ovid’s work, Rodin’s stunning Near the end of his life, Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) began creating astonishingly an improvisatory and free life drawings. With Christopher Marlowe’s glittering translation highlighting Ovid’s work, Rodin’s stunning art seems alive on the page in this unique volume. With Christopher Marlowe’s glittering translation highlighting Ovid’s work, Rodin’s stunning a Near the end of his life, Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) began creating astonishingly an improvisatory and free life drawings.

Near the end of his life, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) began creating astonishingly an improvisatory and free life drawings. With Christopher Marlowe's glittering translation highlighting Ovid's work, Rodin's stunning art seems alive on the page in this unique volume.

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The Kiss (French: Le Baiser) is an 1882 marble sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The couple were later removed from the Gates and replaced with another pair of lovers located on the smaller right-hand column.

The biographers of Rodin do not like to tell about his love affair with Camille Claudel

The biographers of Rodin do not like to tell about his love affair with Camille Claudel . When Auguste Rodin was introduced to Camille, she was only 17 years old. He did not need neither apprentices, nor helpers - after long persuasion, he just agreed to look at the girl who, according to the stories, made some unexpected sculptural experiments in Rodin& style. And she appeared to be frighteningly talented and close to him: they seemed to think alike, picked up each other’s thoughts, equally struck down seemingly steady academic art.

Auguste Rodin led the way for 'Modern' sculpture. See his the fantastic collection of Rodin's work at the V&A. Room 21 – The Dorothy and Michael Hintze Galleries. Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.