"The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."  Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917) Rodin's energetic spirit was not damped by a long period of technical drudgery. In middle age he became extraordinarily prolific-- showing great genius. A modeler rather than a carver, he had little regard for the ordered virtues of form, but relied on a romantic violence of gesture and emotional overtones or undertones. The flow of movement pulses in a river of light and shade through his creations. Click on the photos below to browse, or Search Alphabetically Using Frames The Thinker, Small The Thinker The Thinker - Garden  La Danaide The Kiss 10-1/2 in. The Kiss 12 in. The Kiss - Bronze Idole Eternelle La Cathedral - Marble La Cathedral - Bronze Auguste Rodin was born in 1840 in Paris, the son of a policeman. Now considered one of the greatest sculptors of all time. Rodin had a turbulent early period. However, he endured the boredom of several art schools and the poverty of a young artist in a nation engaged in war. But, when France recovered from the Franco-Prussian War, Rodin was prepared with models for sculpture that would re-adorn France. Rodin's work is characterized by a soaring romanticism captured in a semi-impressionistic and semi-realistic image. "Art is contemplation. It is the pleasure of the mind which searches into nature and which there divines the spirit of which Nature herself is animated."  Auguste Rodin Bookmark this site now for your visual pleasure and future reference.