Auguste Rodin
Author: first_name: Rainer Maria
last_name: Rilke
Language: English
Year: 1919

Rodin has pronounced Rilke's essay the supreme interpretation of his work.  (From the translators’ Preface)<br><br>
Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917,  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 un