Philadelphia’s Rodin Museum is the legacy of theater mogul Jules Mastbaum who became drawn to the work of master sculptor Auguste Rodin after visiting the Musee Rodin in Paris in 1924. “He went to the ...
Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917), The Thinker, large version, modeled 1903, cast by Alexis Rudier 1928, bronze, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Jacob Epstein Collection, 1930.25.1 You might know Auguste ...
I’m a Rodin scholar with a secret: I don’t like The Thinker. I’ve always been vexed by the fame of this sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) of a hyper-muscular man lost in thought.