Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Adam 1881 Bronze, 182.9 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
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Corpus (c.1650)
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo (1598-1680) Corpus (The Crucified Christ) c.1650 Bronze, 174 cm Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs (1936)
Dalí, Salvador (1904-1989) Vénus de Milo aux tiroirs (Venus de Milo with Drawers) 1936 Painted plaster with metal pulls and mink pompons, 98 × 32.5 × 34 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí / Artists…
Petit nu accroupi aux bras (1908)
Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) Petit nu accroupi aux bras (Small Crouching Nude with Arms) 1908 Bronze, 13.6 x 9 x 10 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©Succession H. Matisse / VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Matisse began to create sculptures towards 1898, a…
Danseuse au voile (1918)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Danseuse au voile (Dancer with Veil) 1918 (cast, 1964) Bronze, h. 63.6 cm Pola Museum of Art, Hakone
Ambroise Vollard (1908)
Renoir, Pierre-Auguste (1841-1919) Ambroise Vollard 1908 Oil on canvas, 81.6 x 65.2 cm Courtauld Institute of Art, London One of the principal modern art dealers in the early twentieth century and a shrewd businessman, Ambroise Vollard sold much of Renoir’s work after…
Le Penseur (1903)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Le Penseur (The Thinker) 1903 Bronze, 189 x 98 x 140 cm Musée Rodin, Paris Created in 1880 in its original size, approximately 70 cm, to adorn the tympanum of The Gates of Hell, The Thinker was then…
Adam (1880-1881)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Adam modeled 1880 or 1881, cast 1910 Bronze, 194 × 77.2 × 82.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Auguste Rodin’s first commission from the French government, The Gates of Hell, was intended to be the portal…
Eve (1881)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) Eve modeled 1881, cast 1910 Bronze, 174 × 52.1 × 59.7 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin intended Eve and the towering Adam to flank his monumental bronze doorway, The Gates of Hell. There, the biblical…
L’Âge d’airain (1876)
Rodin, Auguste (1840-1917) L’Âge d’airain (The Age of Bronze) modeled 1876, cast c.1906 Bronze, 182.9 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Rodin’s breakout sculpture, The Age of Bronze caused a critical scandal for its extreme naturalism and ambiguous subject matter.…