Bronze Casting

Rodin worked in traditional sculptural materials such as clay, wax, plaster, bronze, and marble. Although he did not attend the renowned École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts) in Paris, he learned the craft of sculpture through experience and years of employment in the studios of other artists. As he explained, "In addition to sculpture and design, I myself have worked at all sorts of things. I've cut down marbles, and pointed them; I've done etching, and lithography, bronze founding and patina; I've worked in stone, made ornaments, pottery, jewelry—perhaps even too long; but it all has served. It's the material itself that interested me. In short, I began as an artisan, to become an artist. That's the good, the only, method." Once he became an established artist, Rodin relied on a large studio of assistants to help him create large-scale works. Their presence allowed him to delegate the production aspects of his sculptures so that he could focus on conceiving and executing new pieces.

Like other sculptors of his era, Rodin hoped to make as many versions of his works as possible in order to maintain his reputation and allow him to recoup the high costs of sculpture production. Each version is considered original as long as it was produced under the supervision of the artist or his estate, now overseen by the Musée Rodin in Paris. Most of the sculptures in the collection of the Rodin Museum were cast between 1924 and 1928, under the supervision of the Musée Rodin and by craftsmen who worked with Rodin during his lifetime, making them both original and high-quality works of art.

	The Age of Bronze Auguste Rodin		The Gates of Hell Auguste Rodin

	Eternal Springtime Auguste Rodin		George Bernard Shaw Auguste Rodin

	Two Hands Auguste Rodin		Youth Triumphant Auguste Rodin

	The Zoubaloff Fauness Auguste Rodin		The Helmet-Maker's Wife Auguste Rodin

	Gustav Mahler Auguste Rodin		The Clenched Hand Auguste Rodin

	The Hero Auguste Rodin		The Left Hand Auguste Rodin

	Kneeling Fauness Auguste Rodin		Study for "La France" Auguste Rodin

	Edward H. Harriman Auguste Rodin		Apotheosis of Victor Hugo Auguste Rodin

	The Hand of the Devil Holding Woman Auguste Rodin		Father Pierre-Julien Eymard Auguste Rodin

	The Secret Auguste Rodin		Georges Clemenceau Auguste Rodin

	Madame Vicuña Auguste Rodin		I Am Beautiful Auguste Rodin

	The Sorceress Auguste Rodin		Victor Hugo Auguste Rodin

	Beside the Sea Auguste Rodin		The Hand of God Auguste Rodin

	The Hand from the Tomb Auguste Rodin		Bellona Auguste Rodin

	Small Head of Pierre de Wiessant Auguste Rodin		Tragic Head Auguste Rodin

	The Martyr Auguste Rodin		The Sirens Auguste Rodin