Nineteenth-century French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is the prototype artistic genius, a larger-than-life character who transformed the art of his era and left a legacy that echoes through the ...

Rodin’s statue of a serious man has become a popular template for not-so-serious memes. Auguste Rodin, The Thinker, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in front of the Congress. Courtesy Getty Images. Such ...

Natasha Ruiz-Gómez has received funding from the Research Councils UK, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust and the Kress Foundation. She wrote an essay for the catalogue of the Tate Modern ...

A casting of Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” sculpture, one of the most iconic works of art in the world, sold for 10.7 million euros ($11.14 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday. The sale price ...

A casting of Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” sculpture, one of the most iconic works of art in the world, sold for 10.7 million euros ($11.14 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday. The auction house, ...

In this Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019, photo, people view paintings, left to right; Gaston Modot and The Young Apprentice, both by Amedeo Modigliani, on display as a part of the Rendez-vous à Paris exhibition ...

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 ...

Do you ever wonder what "The Thinker" is thinking? Yes, that "Thinker" — the staunchly serious bronze sculpture that is prominently perched in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts while life passes ...

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.

A casting of Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" sculpture, one of the most iconic works of art in the world, sold for 10.7 million euros ($11.14 million) at a Paris auction on Thursday. The sale price ...