Behind their crafts are the high arts Nov 8, 2009
Or visit any of the city s 39 museums, such as the Rodin Museum with the largest collection of Auguste Rodin sculptures outside of France, or the quirky Shoe Museum, located on the sixth floor of the Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine and featuring almost 900 types of footwear, ranging from Egyptian burial sandals to Ella Fitzgerald s hip gold boots. In anticipation of our dawn flight home, we capped off the weekend with cocktails in the Sofitel (where we stayed because of a great... (Boston Globe)
A rare Chicago visit by a Caravaggio Oct 4, 2009
Matisse & Rodin : Henri Matisse and Auguste Rodin met in 1899. The relationship between their sculpture and drawings - how their work both converges and diverges - is explored in this exhibition mounted by the Musee Rodin. (Boston Globe)
French Pavilion to house historic art at Shanghai Expo Jul 15, 2009
BEIJING, July 15 -- The French government will send for the first time historic artwork from pioneers such as Auguste Rodin and Vincent Van Gogh to China for the 2010 Shanghai Expo ... Historic pieces include Jean-Francois Millet's The Angelus, Edouard Manet's The Balcony, Paul Cezanne's Woman with Coffee Pot, The Age of Bronze sculpture created by Auguste Rodin, Vincent Van Gogh's The Dance Hall in Arles and Paul Gauguin's The Bananas, among others. (Xinhuanet, China)
Rodin revitalises China's arts scene Jul 5, 2009
Then the lights dim, and a spotlight picks out Wang, his cloak now shed, as he makes silent, slow-motion moves around the statue of a young woman, copy of a famous piece by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. An eerie, fascinated stillness settles on the audience, highlighted by choral music. (The Age, Australia -- Features)
David Hannah, William Tucker: pairing of ideas May 31, 2009
Tucker has renovated the tradition of modeling sculpture in plaster for casting in bronze, a lineage deliberately stymied and disfigured by Auguste Rodin, Henri Matisse, Alberto Giacometti and Willem de Kooning. Tucker has digested this rambunctious history. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
A young Alma May 16, 2009
She struck up a friendship with Lolie Fuller, famed American modern dancer with the Folies Berg;re, who introduced her to the French art world, especially the era's leading sculptor, Auguste Rodin ("The Kiss," "The Thinker"), attentive to an attractive woman with an unlimited bankroll. Just before war broke out in August, Alma returned home. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Lighthouse features a surprise Rodin May 11, 2009
APThis bronzeplaque, created a century ago by the famed Auguste Rodin, will soon be returned to its place on the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse in Crown Point, N.Y. (AP Photo/New York State Department of Environmental Conservation) ... A bronze plaque created by Auguste Rodin a century ago will soon be returned to its place on the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse, slated to reopen this spring after a more than $2 million restoration project that included conserving the French sculptor's "La... (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
Artists' love affair is revealed Apr 15, 2009
A new exhibition explores the passionate love affair between Welsh artist Gwen John and famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin ... "We have outstanding collections of both these artists' work and it is a wonderful chance to explore the relationship between one of the most significant woman artists of the 20th Century, Gwen John, and the legendary sculptor, Auguste Rodin.". (BBC News -- Entertainment)
10 Favorite Sculptures Mar 22, 2009
An iconic work by the great French sculptor Auguste Rodin, whose life-filled bronzes bear deep emotion. "The Thinker" first appeared in smaller scale in the tragic masterpiece "The Gates of Hell," begun by Rodin in 1880. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Science)
Sculptures explore emotion Feb 14, 2009
Gedeon likened the artistic gesture here to that of Auguste Rodin who, in the 19th century, broke the chains of what sculpture could be. "These contemporary, living artists are representing kind of the continuation of what was the grand tradition in the 19th century with the modernist perspective," she said. (Florida Today)
