Auguste Rodin, full name Francois Auguste Rene Rodin was born November 12, 1840, Paris, France. He was a French sculptor of sumptuous bronze and marble figures. His work was considered by some critics to be the greatest portraitist in the history of sculpture. The Gates of Hell commissioned in 1880 for the future Museum of the decorative Arts in Paris, which remained unfinished at his death but resulted in two of Rodin's most famous images: The Thinker and The Kiss. His portraits included monumental figures of Victor Hugo and Honore de Balzac. Rodin's inducing popularity is evident by the numerous posthumous casts of his sculptures that continue to be made.
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