Auguste Rodin’s Birthday
🎂 November 12 🍰
It was particularly daunting to tackle this incredible sculptor in a doodle. However, the essence of the project lay in the way Rodin approached his work.
Amongst many of his attributes he was able to work rapidly and instinctively, using his immense anatomical knowledge as a platform for expressiveness.
We did not want to simply study a photograph, so we set out to draw his sculptures and dissect the results back at the studio. Although eventually using one of his most recognizable pieces with The Thinker, we were glad of the opportunity to capture his work onsite.
Sculpture is extraordinary in the sense that it does not “give you the line” as opposed to illustration, so we were forced to sculpt form with our pencils.
Attached are concepts and studies made onsite together with ideas for final execution:
Amongst many of his attributes he was able to work rapidly and instinctively, using his immense anatomical knowledge as a platform for expressiveness.
We did not want to simply study a photograph, so we set out to draw his sculptures and dissect the results back at the studio. Although eventually using one of his most recognizable pieces with The Thinker, we were glad of the opportunity to capture his work onsite.
Attached are concepts and studies made onsite together with ideas for final execution:
Rodin - The Thinker
The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin,
usually placed on a stone pedestal. The work shows a nude male figure
of heroic size sitting on a rock with his chin resting on one hand as
though deep in thought, often used as an image to represent philosophy.
Naissance 12 novembre 1840 Paris
Décès 17 novembre 1917 (à 77 ans) Meudon
Nom de naissance René François Auguste Rodin
Nationalité Français
Activités Sculpteur, graveur, dessinateur, photographe
Formation École Spéciale de Dessin et de Mathématiques, dite la Petite École (École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs)
Influencé par Michel-Ange, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Décès 17 novembre 1917 (à 77 ans) Meudon
Nom de naissance René François Auguste Rodin
Nationalité Français
Activités Sculpteur, graveur, dessinateur, photographe
Formation École Spéciale de Dessin et de Mathématiques, dite la Petite École (École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs)
Influencé par Michel-Ange, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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