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Birth
1840 (Paris, France)
Death
1917 (Meudon, France)
Lived/Active
France
Often Known For
realistic figural sculpture
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A Frenchman whose modernist style redefined sculpture in the 19th
century, Auguste Rodin moved it from Academic and Neo-Classical to
Impressionism and Realism. In fact, he did work that was so
life-like, he was accused of making casts from live bodies. He
also dealt with erotic and political themes that spoke of contemporary
issues eschewed as inapprpriate by fine art academics of his era.
Rodin was raised in a hard working, religious family in Mouffetard, an
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