Artworks by Auguste Rodin at Contessa Gallery on artnet

Auguste Rodin

Mask of a Woman with a Turned-up Nose, ca. 1910–1915

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Hand of God, Study, 1900

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1840: Born November 12th in Paris, France
1854 - 1857: Attended the school of decorative arts and studied under sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
1862: After the death of his older sister, Maria, he joined a Christian order for a few years and turned away from art
1866: Had a son with lifelong companion Rose Beuret but never married her or legally claimed paternity on the child
1875: First entry accepted into the Paris Salon, "The Man with the Broken Nose"
1877: Returned to Paris, with Rose, and settled on the West Bank
1880: Commissioned by French government to design doorway for the Museum of Decorative Arts
1893: "The Kiss" brought to the Columbian Exposition in Chicago and rejected for being too erotic for public display
1917: Died November 7th in Meudon, France

2006 - 2007: Sept. 23 - Jan. 1, "Rodin", Royal Academy of Arts
2006: Jan. 28 - April 30, "Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession", Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
2005 - 2006: Sept. 27 - Jan. 29, "Masques et Tissus d'egypte", Musee Rodin, Paris
: Nov. 17 - Feb. 26, "Rodin, Brancusi, Giacometti, Louis Borgeois, Vermeiren...", Musee Rodin, Paris
: Oct. 22 - Jan. 15, "Die Obere Halfte - Die Buste Seit Auguste Rodin", Kunsthalle Emden, Ostfriesland, Germany
: Sept. 25 - Jan. 29, "Lehmbruck, Rodin, Maillol", Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisbourg, Germany
2005: Sept. 3 - Nov. 20, " Aristide Maillol - Bildhauer, Maler, Zeichner, Graphiker", Kunsthaus Apolda, Germany
: Sept. 9 - Nov. 27, "Rodin Beuys", Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt, Germany
: Sept. 4 - Nov. 20, "Rodin - Skulpturen, Awuarelle, Fotografien", Stadtmuseum, Jena, Germany
: May 26 - Sept. 11, "Camille Claudel & Rodin: Fateful Encounter", Musee National des Beaux-arts du Quebec
: May, "Mes Tresors Antiques", Musee Rodin, Paris
: June 6 - Sept. 10, "Hommes", Musee Rodin, Paris

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