Biographies: November 17
Auguste Rodin: The Thinker
Featured Biography Auguste Rodin

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Auguste Rodin, Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell (1911; trans. 1984)

French sculptor Auguste Rodin, known for his bronze and marble figures, including The Thinker (1880) and The Kiss (1886), and considered one of the best portraitists in the history of sculpture, died this day in 1917.