Fine Art America - Buy Art and Sell Art Online
Artist Websites

Fine Art America unveils the world's most powerful

artist websites.

Every purchase includes a money-back guarantee.

312-238-9009

Mon. - Fri.   |   9 AM - 5 PM

CART

JOIN  |  LOGIN

Sell Art Online

The Thinker By Rodin

Artwork: #1246 of 1381 by Al Bourassa

Previous Next View All
The Thinker By Rodin Photograph  - The Thinker By Rodin Fine Art Print
 

Watch

44

Vote

0

Tags: al bourassa photographs, okotoks photographs, alberta photographs, canada photographs, souvenir photo studio photographs, al bourassa canvas prints, okotoks canvas prints, alberta canvas prints, canada canvas prints, souvenir photo studio canvas prints

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Comments

Post a Comment

There are no comments for The Thinker By Rodin.   Click here to post the first comment.

Add This Artwork to Your Favorites Collection

Comment

Title:

The Thinker By Rodin

Artist:

Al Bourassa

Medium:

Photograph - Photographic Artworks

Buy Prints / Greeting Cards

Stretched Canvas Print
Framed Print
Poster / Fine Art Print
Acrylic Print
Metal Print
Greeting Card
 

Expert Printing and Assembly

 

Shipping Within 2 - 3 Business Days

 

Millions of Satisfied Customers

Description:

This artwork is derived from a photograph taken March 2009 during a tour of Western Europe.
I do hope you enjoy my work.
Comments are graciously accepted.
Favoring is greatly appreciated and will garner a response.
Purchases are fantastic!
Auguste Rodin, (12 November 1840 � 17 November 1917), was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past. He was schooled traditionally, took a craftsman-like approach to his work, and desired academic recognition, although he was never accepted into Paris's foremost school of art.
Sculpturally, Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, deeply pocketed surface in clay. Many of his most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime. They clashed with the predominant figure sculpture tradition, in which works were decorative, formulaic, or highly thematic. Rodin's most original work departed from traditional themes of mythology and allegory, modeled the human body with realism, and celebrated individual character and physicality. Rodin was sensitive of the controversy surrounding his work, but refused to change his style. Successive works brought increasing favor from the government and the artistic community.
From the unexpected realism of his first major figure inspired by his 1875 trip to Italy to the unconventional memorials whose commissions he later sought, Rodin's reputation grew, such that he became the preeminent French sculptor of his time. where he was drawn to the work of Donatello and Michelangelo. Their work had a profound effect on his artistic direction. Rodin said, "It is Michelangelo who has freed me from academic sculpture." Returning to Belgium, he began work on The Age of Bronze, a life-size male figure whose realism brought Rodin attention but led to accusations of sculptural cheating. he won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom. Soon, he stopped working at the porcelain factory; his income came from private commissions. By 1900, he was a world-renowned artist. Wealthy private clients sought Rodin's work after his World's Fair exhibit, and he kept company with a variety of high-profile intellectuals and artists. He married his life-long companion, Rose Beuret, in the last year of both their lives. His sculpture suffered a decline in popularity after his death in 1917, but within a few decades his legacy solidified. Rodin remains one of the few sculptors widely known outside the visual arts community. Taken March 14/09, Paris, France at the Musee Rodin. PS work applied.

Posted:

April 4th, 2011

Statistics:

Viewed 473 Times  -  Last Visitor from New Zealand on 05/21/2013 at 3:37 AM

Colors:

Image Link:

copy and paste to your website / blog - preview

Sales Sheet:

 

Additional Tags

al bourassa framed prints, okotoks framed prints, alberta framed prints, canada framed prints, souvenir photo studio framed prints, paris framed prints, france framed prints, europe framed prints, statues framed prints, auguste framed prints, rodin framed prints, oversixed framed prints, nude framed prints, male framed prints, seated framed prints, sitting framed prints, pondering framed prints, le penseur framed prints, al bourassa greeting cards, okotoks greeting cards, alberta greeting cards, canada greeting cards, souvenir photo studio greeting cards, paris greeting cards, france greeting cards, europe greeting cards, statues greeting cards, auguste greeting cards, rodin greeting cards, oversixed greeting cards, nude greeting cards, male greeting cards, seated greeting cards, sitting greeting cards, pondering greeting cards, le penseur greeting cards, al bourassa prints, okotoks prints, alberta prints, canada prints, souvenir photo studio prints, paris prints, france prints, europe prints, statues prints, auguste prints, rodin prints, oversixed prints, nude prints, male prints, seated prints, sitting prints, pondering prints, le penseur prints, al bourassa posters, okotoks posters, alberta posters, canada posters, souvenir photo studio posters, paris posters, france posters, europe posters, statues posters, auguste posters, rodin posters, oversixed posters, nude posters, male posters, seated posters, sitting posters, pondering posters, le penseur posters

Web04 - 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.01 - 0.01 - 0.02 - 0.02 - 0.02 - 0.02 - 0.03 - 0.03 - 0.05 - 0.07 - 0.07 - 0.07 - 0.08 - 0.08 - 0.08 - 0.08 - 0.08 - 0.08 - 0.09 - 0.12