Auguste RodinTimeline (+13 events) (+4137 characters)
1883
February-March 1883, the first free-standing statues of "The Gates of Hell" and "Little Eve" and some drawings were exhibited at the Free Art Club in Paris; February-April, the creation of the bust of "Victor Hugo" ; the same year, frequented the salons of Alina Menard Dorian and created the bust of Madame Rolle
1882
May-June 1882, two busts of "Jean Paul Law" and "Albert Ernes Carrie Belleuze" were exhibited; in the spring, "Grosvenor Gallery, London" was exhibited. The face model of Man with a Flat Nose has aroused the interest of some artists and collectors; in autumn, the two doors of "Gate of Hell" are combined with a monolithic structure
1881
In May-June 1881, the plaster statue "Adam" was exhibited; in the summer, he made his first trip to England, accompanied by the painter and sculptor Alphonse Legro, to admire the sculptures in London; in October, the government Purchased the bronze statue of St. John the Baptist, and ordered two statues of Adam and Eve to be combined with the Gates of Hell; in winter, started to create Eva
1881
In 1881-1882, he created the first group portraits of "The Gates of Hell" "The Thinker", "The Kiss", "Contemplation", "The Crouching Woman", and "Alphonse Legro" portraits
1880
From May to June 1880, "Saint John the Baptist" was exhibited at the Salon. At the same time, the French government first ordered the bronze statue of "The Age of Bronze"; in July, in order to facilitate his work, the administrator of the Academy of Fine Arts granted him the use The studio of the marble warehouse at 182 University Street, which has since become Rodin's main working place; in the same year, the bronze statue of "Bronze Age" was exhibited; Influenced by "The Divine Comedy: Hell", it was named "Gate of Hell", which was not completed after 37 years
1879
In May-June 1879, the bust of St. John the Baptist was exhibited at the Salon; in November, the statue of Bellona for the Monument to the Defense of Paris and the Government of the Republic was not selected; In the same year, he went to the Palais Longchamp in Marseille with Leon Fourquet, and went to Nice and Strasbourg with Charles Gautier; in the same year, he was employed in Sèvres workshop, where it remained until December 1882
1877
In January 1877, the "Age of Bronze" plaster was exhibited at the Brussels Arts and Letters Club; in March, he returned to Paris; in May, the "Age of Bronze" was exhibited at the French Artists Salon in Paris, which made Rodin questioned , he has been accused of using live-action casts; in September he started sharing a studio in Rue Fernau with Leon Fulquet
1876
In 1876, he went to Rome, Naples and Florence, Italy for a study tour in March; in the same year, many works participated in the Philadelphia World Exposition
1875
In May-June 1875, the marble bust of "Man with a Flat Nose" became the first work accepted for the Paris Salon; The Brussels-based foundry Bronz signed a contract to cast "Susan"; in the same year, created the statues of "Mr. Sirea" and "Alexander van Becqueraia"
1874
In 1874, he participated in exhibitions in London, Ghent and Brussels; in the same year, he created a series of decorative group portraits "Science", "Business, Agriculture and Art" for the Academic Palace in Brussels; in the same year, he created decorative busts "Susan" and "Docia"
1872
In 1872, participated in exhibitions in Brussels and Vienna. On February 12, 1873, an agreement was signed with the Belgian sculptor Joseph van Rasbourgh: the proceeds were divided equally, the work was signed by van Rasbourgh, and the order was signed in the name of Rashbourgh; Participated in exhibitions in Brussels and Vienna (Austria) in the same year
1871
In February 1871, he was discharged from the army due to short-sightedness, and returned to Brussels to be an assistant to the sculptor Carrie Belleuze; Exhibitions in Antwerp and Ghent
1865
In 1865, the sculptural portrait of the model Beebe was frozen and cracked due to the cold weather, and Rodin kept the remaining mask, namely "Man with a Flat Nose". In 1870, went to Brussels for the first time; returned to Paris at the end of September, was drafted into the army and became a corporal in the Wehrmacht