Rodin Museum

Rodin Museum

French  Musée Rodin 

      museum in Paris, France, showcasing the sculptures, drawings, and other works of the French artist Auguste Rodin (Rodin, Auguste) and based in the Hôtel Biron.

      The Hôtel Biron, covering 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of land in Paris, was completed in 1730 by Jean Aubert. Rodin moved into the Hôtel Biron in 1908 and continued his work there until his death. As Rodin fell seriously ill in 1916, the French government called for the establishment of a museum to house his work. Three years later the Hôtel Biron officially opened as the primary museum displaying Rodin's artistic accomplishments.

      The museum includes nearly 400 pieces of art by Rodin among its galleries and surrounding gardens. Perhaps the most famous of Rodin's sculptures, The Thinker (1880), is showcased in the gardens opposite The Gates of Hell, a work that consumed him over the last three decades of his life. Rodin died before completing this sculpture, which embodies scenes from Dante's Inferno. Other statues found in the garden include Balzac and The Burghers of Calais. Rodin created many busts of friends and famous figures, including the French writer Victor Hugo, the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, and the English socialite-turned-writer Vita Sackville-West. Many of these creations are found in the museum. The Bronze Age (1876), one of his early statues, was inspired by a trip to Italy, where Rodin studied the sculptures of the Italian Renaissance artist Michelangelo. The marble statue The Kiss (1886), once considered inappropriate for public viewing, is today a centrepiece of the museum.

      Rodin collected the works of other notable artists of his time, including Vincent van Gogh (Gogh, Vincent van), Claude Monet (Monet, Claude), and Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Renoir, Pierre-Auguste), and these works are housed in the museum. The museum also includes a room devoted to the works of the French sculptor Camille Claudel (Claudel, Camille), who was Rodin's student and mistress.

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