| It seems to be the curse of sculptor's that their | | | | to the popular sculpture at the time, Auguste |
| names are never going to be recognized by the | | | | Rodin trivia will show that he was totally |
| community at large, and tend to only be | | | | unappreciated, and almost unpopular when his |
| recognizable by those who have actually made a | | | | sculptures first ventured into the public eye. |
| specific effort to study art. However, Auguste | | | | As time went on, an Auguste Rodin quiz will show |
| Rodin proves to be the exception to this rule, as | | | | that he gained greater and greater recognition, in |
| the interest in Auguste Rodin trivia shows that | | | | what could only be described as a slow burn to |
| there is a larger community at play who has | | | | fame. His most famous sculpture was "The |
| recognized his artistic contributions to the world | | | | Thinker" but a number of his other works are still |
| beyond those who have studied art directly. An | | | | remembered well, such as "The Gates of Hell" |
| Auguste Rodin quiz will show that he was born in | | | | which were a portal to a planned museum (a |
| 1840, and that during his lifetime he was | | | | museum which would never actually be built). |
| rewarded for his tireless efforts by experiencing a | | | | His later years were spent enjoying immense |
| gradual but steady rise to fame. | | | | fame, as by the 1900s he was a renowned artist |
| The truth that most artists are not appreciated in | | | | throughout the world, and he had strong |
| their own time certainly applies to the earlier part | | | | followings in not just France, but Germany, Italy, |
| of Rodin's life. He was born in Paris, could not gain | | | | Britain, and the rest of the western world. Rodin's |
| admission to the most prestigious art school in | | | | life would end on a very strange, and somewhat |
| Paris where most of the greatest artists of the | | | | tragic personal note. He had an ongoing relationship |
| time emerged from, and so he had to hone his | | | | with the same woman on and off for 53 years, |
| craft through working with other teachers and | | | | including a son together. He would finally marry |
| through his own practice making ornaments with | | | | her in 1917. She would die two weeks after the |
| his hands, carefully improving his sculptors skills as | | | | wedding, and Rodin would pass himself within the |
| he went. He was most known for his realism in | | | | year. |
| his sculptures, and as this was in direct opposition | | | | |