Jean-Baptiste Rodin

As a young man his parents stressed education, they sent him off to Beauvais. This school was founded by his Uncle and Rodin stayed with him until the ripe old age of fourteen. Everyone noticed the incredible talent this boy had, his drawing were so good his father put him into a drawing and mathematics school known as “little school.” It was for young talented children. At this school he a teacher by the name of Lecocq de Boisbaudram, who created a system for drawing by training the memory. Some of Boisbaudrams other students included Fantin-Latour, Cazin, Legros, Lhermitte, Dalou, and Chaplain. Rodin had also said Fort,

another professor at the school had a great impact on him and his work. He went to Gobelins School where other teacher, Lucas was said to have left an impression on him. As Rodin grew up he consulted a sculptor named Maindron who encouraged him to apply to Ecole des Beaux-Art. He was rejected three times (which gives a lot of hope to young artist today.)

Rodin acquired a studio from the government and had peaces like, St. John preaching, the Creation of Man, Ugolino, and the busts of J.P Laurens, Legros, Dalou, Victor Hugo, and others were all shown at the Salon. He then went on to try to get his sculpture “The Call to Arms” erected in Courbevoie, the place where the French lost the

Even though you can see the impact these two sculptors had on Rodin, his work stayed original. He found recognition with the statue “Man awaking to nature,” later clled the “Bronze Age.” It was so realistic people accused him of taking a mold from a model, other sculptures and painter rallied around Rodin to defend him. After that the State made it up to him by acquiring the talked about statue and giving him a third class metal. This was the first of many controversies surrounding the artist.

Around this time was when Rodins sister became sick and he went into the monastery. Five months later he left and shortly after that he found a companion, Rose Beuret; they were together for fifty years. He started following the works of Barye, an animal sculptor and Carrier-Belleuse. Because of the laws set by the Salon he had to say he only went to lectures and worked for them.

After desiding to leave the monastery the priests set up a studio for him and sent him home. This is wear he started creating some of his more famous peaces. Legend has it one of his first peaces was done when he was only seventeen; it was a bust of his father.

But, by far my favorite peace was “The Call to Arms,” the way the male figures body looks like it is going to collapse to the ground and the intense triumphant expression on liberty’s face make this my favorite. It was rejected by France because of the rough way it was rendered, yet this is one of the reasons it has such an impact. The best part of this sculpture is the males figure tips just barley toughing his body, I don’t know why, I just loved the way that looked; it gave a natural appearance.

Rodin was always followed by controversy but his supporters

Some topics in this essay:
Decorative Arts, Call Arms”, Michelangelo Donatello, Gobelins School, Ovides Metamorphoses, Mane” Fallen, Uncle Rodin, Rose Beuret, Father Eymard, Marie Chefter, “the thinker”, “the shadows”, “the call arms”, “the call, “the kiss”, sculpture “the, study balzac, rose beuret, tool marks, marks left, call arms”, tool marks left,