The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-17
AUGUSTA ROBIN,
i SCULPTOR, is. DEAD
Struggled SO Years Against Poverty and
Abuse Before He Became
World Famous

WOrlu dIuOuS.
PARIS, Nov. l7.-Auguste Rodin, "a,
the famous sculptor, died today.
Rodin struggled 30 wears against pow
crtv and abuse and ridicule for his I'M
conventional ideas before he achieved
undisputed celebrity as one Of the most
famous sculptors of the world. Con-
tinuing his work until past his 10th
year, he had, however, notwithstanding
those early handicaps, still time to en-
rich the world with innumerable eX-
amples of his impassionistie, inspira-
! tional works, which are priced both in
4 Europe and America.
| When finally recognized, NJ. Rodin
was hailed by his admirers as "the
/ Michelangclo of the modern world.
He was a worker i'll mass, producing
, his subjects in detail only so far as
would bring out his dominating con
lception. His work thus had n far less
, finished form than the conventional
school of his day. Being thus ahead Of
his time, il was only by degrees that he
forced recognition. His own feeling
was: - had rather be understood by
a few than known to the world, and
storms of criticism were never strong
enough to turn him from his course.
His second attempt TO gain recognl
tion at the Paris Salon was humiliating
He submitted, in 1877, The Age OF
Bronze, only to have it rejected and Il
have himself accused of casting it from
life instead of creating an original work
Too dismayed to recognize what was il
reality an extraordinary testimony L
. his powers, NJ. Rodin Indignantly pro
tested, while the Partisan critics heapc,
further abuse upon him.
1t was not until 1850, after the ex
hibition of his st. John the Baptist, tina
/ the tide began TO turn in his favor
, Struck with the genius displayed i'll thl
work, the sculptor Boucher commits
, stoned NJ. Rodin to execute n group o
! children for him, and, anxious to fin
/. out how he obtained his results, watche
him at work. To his astonishmen'
Rodin composed the group in a FEY
hours, and as soon as IL was complete
Boucher rushed off to spread the new
among his friends, declaring that tn
man who could do what he had see
Rodin do could certainly also hav
I created The Age Of Bronze. II va
n Rodin s vindication, and in recognitio
s Of il, the work was purchased by I'll
Nlaltt anu - INV III liAN must HAiA "a -
{ Luxembourg.
C. The figure of The Thinker, which
c one of Rodin s best known works
h America, has been exhibited in east fl
# several years at the Metropolitan NJ
n seumb of Fine Arts in New York, al
at various other places 1t is one
So the figures designed for this titanic re
resentation of The Portal of He'll.
\ bronze bust Of La France by Rod
m was presented to the United States
ot the people OF France during the teree
$. tenarv celebration of the discovery
IS Lake Champaign, and has since be-
i mounted on Il monument TO Champla
~ at Crown Point, y. y.
Rodin in his later life received ma,
- honors. Upon the death of Whistler,
III succeeded as president of the intern
II tional Society of Painters, SculptC
H aud Engravcrs. Early in the Europe
II war he sent a collection OF his works
H England as a token of admiration Of
II British troops, and later he executed
II deed OF gift TO the French governme
II Of the entire collection of his o.
~ works, other art objects he had acquir
. and the Hotel Biron in which they w
lasscmbled for q museum.