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Rodin Museum

7/22/2016

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One of the most celebrated French Sculpturers is Auguste Rodin (although his works were somewhat criticized during his lifetime). Tucked away in a little side street near La Hopital de L'Invalides is the Hotel Biron. Rodin bought this building and used it as his workshop. Opened as a museum in 1919, over 29,000 of his sculptures, drawings, old photos, and objects d'arts are on display here. These include three of his most notable works; "The Thinker", "The Kiss", and "The Gates of Hell". We spent a wonderful day exploring all of the fantastic works amassed in this museum.
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One of the many photographs of Rodin on exhibit in the museum.
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Rodin's "The Thinker" as it would normally look while on display in the garden of the museum...(we could not come to Paris without seeing this piece, as it will always hold a special place in the hearts and minds of the Aveni family)...
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...however, on the day of our visit, it was surrounded by scaffolding while it underwent restoration.
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Another of Rodin's notable sculptures is "The Kiss."
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"The Gates of Hell" massive piece by Auguste Rodin...
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...included in this piece is a copy of Rodin's "The Thinker"...
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...as well as "The Kiss"...
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...and a copy of another of his notable sculptures entitled "The Three Shades."
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In the museum garden is the full scale sculpture known as "The Three Shades."
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Rodin was an avid collector of ancient Roman and Greek pieces that he used as models for some of his own sculptures...
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...including this piece he titled "The Walking Man."
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"The Burghers of Calais" is another of his famous pieces commemorating heroism during the "Hundred Years War".
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Rodin was friends with Monet and collected a number of his paintings, which are also on display in this museum.
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Photograph of Rodin in his workshop at the Hotel Biron
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    Carl and Lorraine  Aveni are two retirees planning on traveling through Europe for at least one year.

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