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Rodin

Rodin

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A French sculptor best known for the statue The Thinker
  • proper noun
  • /roʊˈdæn/
: Rodin
  • So much of Rodin's work was influenced by his wife, Camille.
  • Auguste Rodin
  • Musée Rodin
  • Rodin statues

We look up to people like Rodin, who had that sort of rough and raw feel to his work.

Examples

  • Ever since I saw Rodin's The Kiss.

  • It's a miniature replica of Rodin's famous sculpture, "The Kiss."

    Fiction book (1997)
  • We'll meet at the Rodin Museum.

  • We look up to people like Rodin, who had that sort of rough and raw feel to his work.

  • This is, of course, Rodin's most famous statue.

  • This was where all of Rodin's new ideas would come to fruition.

  • Opinion on Rodin's work was divided in his lifetime, and his achievement is still debated.

    Academic text (1995)
  • It's also through Rodin that he meets the woman that he'll marry, Clara Westhoff, who's a sculptor.

  • He worked as an assistant to Auguste Rodin, carving in marble from Rodin's clay models.

  • Many visitors admire Rodin's sculptures at the famous museum dedicated to his work.

Synonyms

Auguste Rodin
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A French sculptor who makes powerful, realistic statues like The Thinker

is the shorter commonly used name for the same sculptor

Surface Forms

Rodin main

Etymology

Rodin is the family name of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, who made famous works like 'The Thinker' and 'The Kiss'. So when people say Rodin they usually mean that artist or the strong, lifelike sculptures he made.