Musee Rodin: Creating a Portrait, Rodin With His Models

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We’re familiar with Auguste Rodin the sculptor of 19th century bourgeoisie and artistic society, but Rodinthe portraitist of the common man might come as a surprise. For this event, the Musee Rodin, Paris, has created a totally new collection, Creating a Portrait, Rodin With His Models, from restored pieces, some of which are being shown to the public for the first time. The faces of Baudelaire, Clemenceau and Balzac appear alongside artists, politicians, bankers, and women of the world, French and foreign. Travel Rewards Airline Rewards Hotel Rewards

The exhibit highlights Rodin’s creative process and approach to portraiture. Rodin works directly from real-life sketches or photographs using marble, plaster, bronze or baked clay, creating deformed necks and large foreheads that reveal the "cerebral anatomy", the very essence of, his subjects.

Here's an image of his "Andromeda" that I took at the Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, PA last summer.

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