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(Roh-dan) 1840-1917, French sculptor.
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In the Salon of 1877 he exhibited a male nude,
The Age of Bronze (1876; Paris), which was both praised and condemned.His critics unjustly accused him of casting it from life, but the furor gained him the patronage of the undersecretary of fine arts, and the government gave him a studio in Paris.
From 1880 Rodin worked on studies for The Gates of Hell, two great bronze doors that were never finished; among the 186 figures intended for them are:
Adam and Eve (1881; Metropolitan Mus.) and
The Thinker (1879-1900; Paris).These, together with his group The Burghers of Calais (completed in 1894) are among his most famous works.
Rodin's work is realistic, but imbued with a profound, romantic poetry. He is also known for his drawings, portrait busts, and marble groups, e.g., Ugolino (1882), The Kiss (1886), and The Hand of God (1897-98; all Rodin Mus., Paris).