Auguste Rodin

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French sculptor artist human sculptor

Auguste Rodin was a pioneering French sculptor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, renowned for expressive masterpieces such as "The Thinker" and "The Gates of Hell."

Aliases (2)

Rodin ×2
François-Auguste-René Rodin ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French sculptor → artist → human → sculptor →
birthName	François-Auguste-René Rodin →
burialPlace	Meudon →
causeOfDeath	influenza →
citizenship	France →
countryOfBirth	France →
countryOfDeath	France →
dateOfBirth	1840-11-12 →
dateOfDeath	1917-11-17 →
educatedAt	Petite École →
employer	Sèvres porcelain factory →
familyName	Rodin →
field	sculpture →
genre	figurative sculpture →
givenName	Auguste →
hasMuseum	Musée Rodin →
influenced	20th-century sculpture → Camille Claudel → Constantin Brâncuși →
influencedBy	Honoré de Balzac → Michelangelo →
movement	Impressionism → Realism → Symbolism →
name	Auguste Rodin →
nationality	French →
notableWork	Balzac → Eternal Springtime → Monument to Victor Hugo → The Age of Bronze → The Burghers of Calais → The Gates of Hell → The Kiss → The Thinker → The Walking Man →
occupation	draughtsman → sculptor →
partner	Camille Claudel →
placeOfBirth	Paris →
placeOfDeath	Meudon →
residence	Meudon → Paris →
spouse	Rose Beuret →
style	expressive modeling of the human body →
workLocation	Brussels → Paris →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Burghers of Calais (cast) by Auguste Rodin → The Thinker →	creator
Calais → Tuileries Garden →	hasSculptureBy
Kimbell Art Museum ("Rodin") → The Phillips Collection →	hasWorkBy
The Thinker →	artist
Auguste Rodin ("François-Auguste-René Rodin") →	birthName
Soumaya Museum →	collectionIncludesWorksBy
Rodin Museum →	dedicatedTo
Auguste Rodin ("Rodin") →	familyName
Victoria Tower Gardens →	hasArtworkCreator
The Barnes Foundation →	hasCollectionItemBy
Carl Milles →	influencedBy
Auguste Rodin →	name
Rodin Museum →	namedAfter
Musée d'Orsay →	notableArtistInCollection