Musée Rodin





 


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Eglise du Dôme, 
view from garden

The Thinker,
Auguste Rodin

The Thinker,
Auguste Rodin

The Thinker,
Auguste Rodin

The Gates of Hell, 
Auguste Rodin

The Gates of Hell, 
Auguste Rodin

Figure of Pierre Wassant,
Auguste Rodin

The Kiss
Auguste Rodin

The artist in his studio

Nude Figure,
Renoir

Pierre Tanguy, 
van Gogh

Torso,
 Auguste Rodin

Figure of Pierre Wassant,
Auguste Rodin

 

The Burghers of Calais,
Auguste Rodin

 

Rodin is credited with freeing French sculpture from Classicism and is the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo.   He lived and worked in what is now this museum from 1908 until his death in 1917.  The museum is in the eighteenth-century Hôtel Biron, which was a convent before it became a residence for artists and writers.  The museum is filled with his works--the greatest collection in the world, including “The Thinker, Gates of Hell, and The Burghers of Calais”.  There are lovely gardens at the back with a refreshment stand.  

 

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