Auguste RODIN (1840-1917), The Dancer, 1949

Lithograph, pochoir in watercolor, paper 28 x 18 cm in light passe - partout, 39 x 29 cm; signed on plate p.d. ; edition of 600 unnumbered pieces; print: Dreux-Barry studio ; publisher: Bibliothèque des Arts under control of the Rodin Museum in Paris, 79 rue de Varenne. Museum stamp "M.R. and Inv. no. "6905" p.d.



François-Auguste-René Rodin (born November 12, 1840 in Paris, died November 17, 1917 in Meudon) was a French sculptor. In his works he combined elements of symbolism and impressionism. He was a forerunner of modern sculpture.
Rodin is accepted as a representative of Impressionism in sculpture, and this has its basis in the way he formed his sculptures - a certain sketchiness and the beaten, wrinkled or undulating surface of his works makes light and shadow create a vibrating structure on it. However, the characteristics of his work go beyond impressionism. The artist adapted the formal, stylistic qualities of Impressionism to sculpture, but attached, on the contrary to the Impressionists, great importance to the literary, mythical content of his representations. In this sense, he was a continuation of French Romanticism, transforming this tradition into a modern form.

Before his death, the artist donated a collection of his works to the French government, with the indication of creating a museum in his residence (Hotel Biron). The French government opened the Rodin Museum in 1919.

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