

Augustus Rodin is born November 12, 1840, 3 kick the crossbow in Paris in a family of modest origin, august begins the school of art to fifteen years. He is a versatile artist because rodin paints excellently too. during his youth, he was refused of a big art school, so rodin works like worker
although versatile artist, he worked mainly with bronze
His statue gives such an impression of life, that one accuses it scandalously of having made a milling on a living model
lasting his young years, to survive, rodin works like mason
at the age of 24 years, rodin gets married rose beuret that will give him a son,the son's name is auguste
at the age of 35, rodin leaves to study the maestro's art michel-angelo to florence
his first great work, rodin sculpts it at the age of 37 years; the magnific l'age d'airaain. Furthermore, rodin admires the ancient greek school. he said of greek ancient sculptor like PHIDIAS: FOR ME, THE VERITY OF GREEK SCHOOL IS THAT THEIR ART GIVES A UNIQUE APPROACH OF THE INNEFABLE BEAUTY OF THE NATURE, AN APPROACH AUTHENTIC=THE SOUL..
RODIN SAID ABOUT HIS ART:in front of the model, I work with the plain truth of modelled body. Indeed, I do not correct nature, but I seek to include/understand it, to incorporate me in it so as said it the old Greek sculptors, to embellish the beauty of the bodies as well as possible. . to reproduce it accurately
When it was FAMOUS,RODIN WORKED WITH many artists, each one attached to a precise task, such LIMET(FRENCH ARTIST)for the bronze patina,
Each one of its artists were proud to work for the glory of maestro of the sculpture, rodin had a great passion for camille claudel, a sculptor Frenchwoman
RODIN, has had an End of a career of star, which was contrary to his beginnings, where it lived with difficulty
main works: l'âge d'airain,les bourgeois de calais(created in 1884-85),le penseur(created in 1881-82) : the work can to be thinked more time ago....
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