The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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Eve
Modeled 1881; cast 1925
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the foundry Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
Eve, showing Eve despairing after the Fall, was made to pair with Adam, which was first exhibit at the 1881 Paris Salon, for the Gates of Hell.
Eve, along with The Age of Bronze, were returned to niches on either side of the Rodin Museum's portico, where they originally stood from when the museum first opened to the public until 1963, following a renovation in 2012.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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The American Athlete
Modeled 1901-1904; cast 1904
Artist/maker: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
In The American Athlete, sculptor Auguste Rodin captures the effect of light and shadow on the powerful form of his amateur model. The Philadelphian Samuel Stockton White III sat for Rodin in Paris in 1901 and 1904, while on breaks from his studies as a bodybuilder. Rodin disliked professional models’ tendency to adopt conventional poses and encouraged White to select a pose that felt natural. Recognizing that the modeling sessions might be long, White adopted this seated position that, perhaps unintentionally, recalls Rodin’s acclaimed work The Thinker from 1880. When White asked to buy a bronze version of the piece, Rodin presented him with this, the first bronze cast. White became an avid art collector upon his return to Philadelphia, no doubt inspired by his experience in Rodin’s studio and the interests of his wife, the painter Vera McEntire.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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The Age of Bronze
Modeled 1875-1877; cast 1925
Auguste Rodin, French, 1840 - 1917. Cast by the founder Alexis Rudier, Paris, 1874 - 1952
The Age of Bronze (French: L'âge d'airain) was first exhibited at the 1877 Salon in Paris, France. Rodin had a Belgian soldier pose, inspired by Michelangelo's Dying Slave.
The Age of Bronze, along with Eve, were returned to niches on either side of the Rodin Museum's portico, where they originally stood from when the museum first opened to the public until 1963, following a renovation in 2012.
The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French masterâs sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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The Rodin Museum, located at 2151 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, holds the largest collection of works by Auguste Rodin outside of Paris. Opened in 1929, the museum is administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and holds a collection more than 120 of the French master’s sculptures, alongside drawings, paintings and studies. The museum and its collection was a gift of movie-theatre magnate Jules Mastbaum who commissioned French architects Paul Cret and Jacques Gréber to design the museum building and gardens.
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