Victoria Sackville-West, Lady Sackville
Auguste Rodin
1913-1914
Medium
plaster
Dimensions
overall: 45.7 x 47.6 x 37.5 cm (18 x 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the B. Gerald Cantor Art Foundation
Accession Number
1988.54.1
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Auguste Rodin · 1840–1917
François Auguste René Rodin (1840-1917) stands as the founder of modern sculpture, transforming the art form from academic tradition into expressive modernism. Born into a working-class Parisian family, Rodin faced early rejection, failing three times to gain admission to the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts. This setback forced him to work as a craftsman for nearly two decades, though his 1875 tr...