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Also Known As François-Auguste-René Rodin
Born November 12, 1840 • Paris • France
Died November 17, 1917 (aged 77) • Meudon • France • (Anniversary in 4 days)
Notable Works “The Thinker”

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Portrait of Auguste Rodin standing indoors, wearing a buttoned, two-toned coat with a full beard and tousled hair, looking slightly to the side.
Auguste Rodin: The Thinker
Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin: The Metamorphosis of Ovid
Auguste Rodin: The Kiss
Side view of Auguste Rodin's marble sculpture The Kiss, showing two nude figures embracing and seated on a rough stone base.
Auguste Rodin: Thomas Fortune Ryan
The Rodin Museum in Paris, a grand classical building with symmetrical windows and a mansard roof, seen from its formal gardens with a sculpture and reflecting pool in the foreground.
Käsebier, Gertrude; Rodin, Auguste
The Burghers of Calais, a statuary group by Auguste Rodin; in front of the town hall, Calais, France.
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