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The Thinker. Auguste Rodin (1840 -1917) Cast made by Fonderie Alexis Rudier in 1904. Transfered to the musée Rodin in 1922. Whenconceived in 1880 in its original size (approx. 70 cm) as the crowning element of The Gates of Hell, seated on the tympanum, The Thinkerwas entitled The Poet.
The Thinker was originally conceived not in heroic isolation, but as part of Rodin's monumental Gates of Hell—a pair of bronze doors intended for a museum of decorative arts in Paris. Although the doors were never cast during the sculptor's lifetime, they nevertheless provided Rodin a rich source of ideas for individual figures and groups ...
Rodin — The Thinker is a pictorialist photograph made by American photographer Edward Steichen in 1902. It depicts renowned French sculptor Auguste Rodin , in his studio, facing his famous The Thinker sculpture, with his other creation, the Monument to Victor Hugo , as a background.
In the late 1880s Rodin began to exhibit the figure, sometimes with the title Poet, other times as Poet/Thinker. By 1896, however, it had become simply The Thinker, a still more universal...
Rodin’s Thinker is the ordinary workman, anonymous, unknown," one newspaper wrote. "It symbolizes the egalitarian society and the total republic." Artist/maker: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the foundry Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952. PDF includes looking questions, history, style and introductory color theory information.
Rodin Works: The Thinker. Already in the first year of working on 'The Gates of Hell', Rodin modeled the central figure of this great composition: 'The Thinker'. As an independent work it became perhaps the best-known sculpture of all time. Seated on the tympanon of 'The Gates of Hell', 'The Thinker' watches the whole scene of the Inferno ...
Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960. Accession Number: 1917.42. Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more. *The Thinker *was first developed as...
