Auguste Rodin: The Man - His Ideas - His Works

Part 9

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Raphael Redon, Odilon Rembrandt Renascence, Rodin's admiration for the, 63-5 _Rimini, Paolo and Francesca da_ Rivière, Théodore _Rochefort, Bust of_ Roche, Pierre, in Rodin, Auguste, birth, parentage, and schooling early art-training under Barye works for ornament-maker in Carrier-Belleuse's studio early works in sculpture goes to Brussels; work there friendship with Legros takes painting lessons from Lecoq de Boisbaudron accepted at Salon accused of casting from life his first sale cleared of accusations sudden emergence from obscurity slow development attitude to academic art his originality and power noticed studios granted him by Government works at Sèvres his stay in Brussels a formative time deeply impressed by Dante and Baudelaire (and see under these names) monument to Hugo described impatience of officialism _Gate of Hell_ described exhibition with Claude Monet in 1889 monument to Claude Lorraine described _Burghers of Calais_ described friendship with M. Fenaille the _Balzac_ and the controversy it excited visits to Italy; articles in the _Musée_ quoted at length at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 visit to Prague, 84; welcomed in London elected President of the International Society honours personal appearance portraits of him private life and home house and studios tastes travels as a talker social opinions influence friends and pupils characteristics of his art artistic descent and affinities place in the French school lost works paintings dry-points drawings and treatment of voluptuous subjects photographs of his works essentially a poet; as thinker classicism, his his symbolism his composition his conception of his art analysed fondness for small groups his treatment of costume his treatment of flesh his principles of portraiture his endeavour to give atmosphere his works treated to be viewed from all sides his modelling his study and power of representing movement dynamic character of his art his synthetic power his veracity his favourite type of woman, 42; influence and value of the antique _Ronde, The_ (dry-point) Rops Rosso Rousseau Rubens Rude

_St. John Baptist_ _St. John Baptist_ (torso) _St. John, Head of the Beheaded_ (marble) Saint Marceaux _St. Pierre, Eustacede_ Salon, the _Sappho_ Sargent _Sarmiento, Monument to President_ Schnegg, Gaston and Lucien _Séverine, Bust of Madame_ Sèvres _Shades, The_ Société des Gens de Lettres _Spring, Eternal_ _Spring_ _Summer_

Tanagra figures _Thinker, The_ Thomas _Thought,_ _Torso_ (nude female bronze) Turquet

_Ugolino_ (drawing)

Values in painting and sculpture Van der Meer Van Rasbourg _Venus and Adonis_ _Vicunha, Monument to the President_ Villon

Wagner, 119, 120 Watteau, 81 _Wave, The_ Whistler _Wissant, Jacques and Pierre de_ _Woman, Bust of_ _Woman, Bust of a Young_ _Woman, Bust of a Young_ (silver) _Women and Children_ _Women Bathing_ _Women Damned_