Throughout his career, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) looked failure in the eye. Born into a poor family, Rodin applied to the École des Beaux-Arts—an essential stepping stone for aspiring artists in ...

(CNN) — A sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that had disappeared from public view for almost 120 years and was thought to be a copy has sold for 860,000 euros ($984,000) at auction. “Le ...

A sculpture believed to be a fake copy of French artist Auguste Rodin's work has sold for almost $1 million Auction house Rouillac revealed the sculpture named Le Désespoir had not been on public ...

In 1879, the Minister of Fine Arts Edmond Turquet commissioned Auguste Rodin to create a colossal sculpture for the future Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Referring to the bronze door executed in the 15th ...

NEW YORK — Two early casts from Auguste Rodin’s masterpiece “The Gates of Hell” have cumulatively sold for $16.25 million at a New York City auction. Sotheby’s could not immediately say who bought ...

Auguste Rodin's masterpiece The Gates of Hell is an epic achievement: a massive portal to Hades inspired by Dante's Inferno, its towering doors covered with nearly 200 individual figures. Commissioned ...

A small marble sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin, which was long thought to be a copy, has fetched €860,000 at an auction in France, at the Château de Villandry (Indre-et-Loire), according to ...

The stunning exhibition “Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern at the High Museum of Art,” on view through Jan. 15, contains more than 45 sculptures and 25 drawings and presents this ...

PARIS — A sculpture by French artist Auguste Rodin that had disappeared from public view for almost 120 years and was thought to be a copy has sold for $984,000 at auction. "Le Désespoir," which shows ...