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The Rodin Museum is a museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris.

Overview The best-known of Rodin's works, The Thinker (1880-1882), sits outside the museum in the entry courtyard. At one point, visitors entered through a cast of The Gates of Hell, a massive 5.5m-high bronze doorway originally created for the Museum of Decorative Arts (which was to have been located in Paris but never came into existence). Rodin sculpted more than 100 figures for these doors from 1880 until his death in 1917. This casting is one of the three original casts; several others have been made since. Several of his most famous works, including The Thinker, are actually studies for these doors which were later expanded into separate works. The Gates is no longer used as an entrance, however.

The museum's several rooms house many more of the artist's works, including the The Kiss (Rodin sculpture) (1886), Eternal Springtime (1884), The Age of Bronze, and The Burghers of Calais, a monument commissioned by the City of Calais in 1884.

The Museum was the gift of movie-theater magnate Jules Mastbaum (1872–1926) to the city of Philadelphia. Mastbaum began collecting works by Rodin in 1923 with the intent of founding a museum to enrich the lives of his fellow citizens. Within just three years, he had assembled the largest collection of Rodin’s works outside Paris, including bronze castings, plaster studies, drawings, prints, letters, and books. In 1926, Mastbaum commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens. Unfortunately, the collector did not live to see his dream realized, but his widow honored his commitment to the city, and the Museum was inaugurated on November 29, 1929.

Image gallery Image:The Thinker close.jpg|The Thinker

See also

• Benjamin Franklin Parkway

External link

• Rodin Museum Official Site

The Rodin Museum is a museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin's works outside Paris.

Overview The best-known of Rodin's works, The Thinker (1880-1882), sits outside the museum in the entry courtyard. At one point, visitors entered through a cast of The Gates of Hell, a massive 5.5m-high bronze doorway originally created for the Museum of Decorative Arts (which was to have been located in Paris but never came into existence). Rodin sculpted more than 100 figures for these doors from 1880 until his death in 1917. This casting is one of the three original casts; several others have been made since. Several of his most famous works, including The Thinker, are actually studies for these doors which were later expanded into separate works. The Gates is no longer used as an entrance, however.

The museum's several rooms house many more of the artist's works, including the The Kiss (Rodin sculpture) (1886), Eternal Springtime (1884), The Age of Bronze, and The Burghers of Calais, a monument commissioned by the City of Calais in 1884.

The Museum was the gift of movie-theater magnate Jules Mastbaum (1872–1926) to the city of Philadelphia. Mastbaum began collecting works by Rodin in 1923 with the intent of founding a museum to enrich the lives of his fellow citizens. Within just three years, he had assembled the largest collection of Rodin’s works outside Paris, including bronze castings, plaster studies, drawings, prints, letters, and books. In 1926, Mastbaum commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens. Unfortunately, the collector did not live to see his dream realized, but his widow honored his commitment to the city, and the Museum was inaugurated on November 29, 1929.

Image gallery Image:The Thinker close.jpg|The Thinker

See also

• Benjamin Franklin Parkway

External link

• Rodin Museum Official Site

Rodin Museum
Works of Auguste Rodin, the great French sculptor, administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Site has details, visitor information, and virtual reality tours.

Rodin Museum
For more information, please contact the Rodin Museum at (215) 568-6026.

Museum Rodin
The life and works of Auguste Rodin.

Musée Rodin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Musée Rodin in Paris, France, is a museum that was opened in 1919 in the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds. It displays works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.

Musee Rodin
The musée Rodin is a national museum, an external service of the Direction des musées de France of the Ministry of Culture and Communication.

Rodin Museum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rodin Museum is a museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania which contains the largest collection of sculptor Auguste Rodin 's works outside Paris.

Rodin Sculpture and the V&A during 2006 and 2007 - Victoria and Albert ...
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Rodin at the V&A - Victoria and Albert Museum
Rodin at the V&A, Auguste Rodin, Sculpture, V&A ... Portrait of Rodin by H. Walter Barnett, 1902. (click image for larger version)

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Hilton Hotels Destination Guides Rodin Museum Rodin Museum Visual Arts ... Rodin's The Kiss, that stands in the hallway of the Rodin Museum