Auguste Rodin, The Monument to the Burghers of Calais, 1889 bronze 217 x 255 x 177 cm Hotel Biron, France.
Rodin was a French artist who is noted for making realistic sculptures. He was denied entry into d'Ecole des Beaux-Arts. Instead he taught himself. His sculptures are very powerful.
It is bronze, but is weathered to a green patina. There are many lines in the robes of the Burghers being led to their exicution. many shapes form the Burghers and the clothes.
This Sculpture was made when the first automobile was made. The telephone was inveted along with the lightbulb.
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