Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

• Hatje Cantz

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ISBN-10: 3775714588 · ISBN-13: 978‑3775715102 · 2004

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Auguste Rodin's extraordinary watercolors are less familiar to the general public than his grandiose bronzes - sculptures that set standards for later generations. Yet these studies done with breathtaking lightness are no less significant as works of art - indeed, their enthusiastic naturalism and openness make them almost more timeless and modern than his sculptures. In addition to preliminary watercolor studies for his sculptures, this section of Rodin's oeuvre includes a large number of erotic silhouettes, some of them quite explicit: cheerful, warm-hearted sketches with which the artist unabashedly "papered" the walls of his studio. This small volume presents a delightful selection of enchanting watercolors from the artist's estate administered by the Musée Rodin in Paris. (German edition available ISBN 3-7757-1458-8; French edition available ISBN 3-7757-1511-8) The artist: Auguste Rodin (Paris 1840 - 1917 Meudon). Studied art in Paris; 1876: traveled in Italy; 1883; met Camille Claudel; 1900: exhibited at his own pavilion at the Paris World's Fair.

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