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Rodin

American  
[roh-dan, -dan, raw-dan] / roʊˈdæn, -ˈdɛ̃, rɔˈdɛ̃ /

noun

  1. (François) Auguste (René) 1840–1917, French sculptor.


Rodin British  
/ rɔdɛ̃ /

noun

  1. Auguste (oɡyst). 1840–1917, French sculptor, noted for his portrayal of the human form. His works include The Kiss (1886), The Burghers of Calais (1896), and The Thinker (1905)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In other works, Rodin exploits the mutable process of modeling to supercharge his sculpture’s sense of organic change and physical force.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

But Rodin and Michelangelo, as this exhibition wonderfully reminds us, achieved something perhaps rarer: sculpting bodies whose individual force, presence and meaning is entirely self-evident.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Alongside four works by Moore were two others by Auguste Rodin and Jacob Epstein.

From BBC Mar. 15, 2026

This affair with Rodin, who was 35 years her senior, ended before World War One, and she channelled some of her passion to the spiritual, embracing Catholicism and being received into the church.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2026

There’s a sculpture by Auguste Rodin—the head of John the Baptist on a platter—that Theo thinks looks just like Vincent, even though Rodin has never met him.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

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