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The Age of Bronze, 1875–76. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; 182.2 x 66.3 x 47 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King, 1918.328.
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The Thinker, 1880–81. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; 182.9 x 98.4 x 142.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1917.42.
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Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant, One of the Burghers of Calais, 1886. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917). Bronze; 83.5 x 47 x 55.2 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1920.120.
Exhibition
Rodin—100 Years
1 Sep 2017 – 13 May 2018
Address
- 11150 East Boulevard
- Cleveland
Ohio - 44106
- United States
In 2017 major museums in Europe and America are celebrating the centennial of Auguste Rodin’s (1840–1917) death with traveling exhibitions, permanent collection installations, and educational activities.
About
Unified under #Rodin100, and joining a worldwide series of major Rodin projects, these exhibitions and accompanying public programs bring together new information about the artist and his enormous impact on the history of modern sculpture. Please refer to each museum’s website for more detailed information. See www.Rodin100.org.
The Cleveland Museum of Art marks the centennial of Rodin’s death with a display of works from the museum’s permanent collection. During World War I, while the museum’s original building was still under construction, trustee Ralph King began negotiations to acquire works from Rodin. The first work to enter the collection was a monumental Thinker, acquired by King in 1916 and donated the following year. Rodin also agreed to cast a special version of his great breakthrough sculpture The Age of Bronze for the museum. Other lifetime casts were donated by civic-minded Clevelanders, and one by Rodin himself. The museum eventually acquired more than 40 works spanning the artist’s career in a wide variety of materials, including the magnificent, larger-than-life plaster sculpture Heroic Head of Pierre de Wissant. The monumental Thinker, one of the museum’s signature works, has graced the south entrance since 1917 and was severely damaged by a bomb in March 1970.
Other participating museums:
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Musée de Grenoble
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
Musée Rodin, Paris
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
RMN-Grand Palais, Paris
Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
Made possible by the generous support of Anne H. Weil.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is supported in part by Cuyahoga County residents through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The Ohio Arts Council helped fund this exhibition with state tax dollars to encourage economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
