Auguste Rodin with his ‘The Creation of Man’
Being repeatedly rejected by the school of your dreams needn’t always be a setback. Auguste Rodin made three unsuccessful attempts to get into École des Beaux-Arts, continuing to work on his craft in spite of the rebuffs. His first major work, the Age of Bronze, was both hailed and condemned for its authenticity. The bronze statue of a man raising his arms toward his head was so lifelike that many of Rodin’s critics accused him of casting a mold of the model. Eventually, Rodin’s work drew great acclaim, and he was commissioned to create the door for a proposed Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Called the Gates of Hell, some of Rodin’s most famous pieces — e.g., The Thinker and The Kiss — were created for it. Auguste Rodin was born
on November 12 th of 1840.
Auguste Rodin
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