Auguste rodin,/kloc-the most influential French sculptor in the 9th century.

Auguste rodin (1840165438+10/2-19 17165438+10. He used texture and modeling to express his works to a great extent, and invested great psychological influence. He is regarded as the greatest realistic sculpture artist in19th century and early 20th century. Rodin's position in the history of European sculpture is just like that of the poet Dante in the history of European literature. Rodin, together with his two students, Mayor and Boodell, is known as the "three pillars" of European sculpture. He deserves to be a great sculptor.

Auguste rodin was the most influential French sculptor in19th century. He worked hard all his life and dared to break through the shackles of the official academic school and go his own way. He is good at absorbing all excellent traditions and has a deep understanding of the beautiful, vivid and contrasting techniques of ancient Greek sculpture. His works build a bridge between modern western sculpture and modern sculpture. Rodin is an epoch-making figure in the history of western sculpture. Europe is a master of traditional sculpture art for more than two thousand years, and also the creator of new sculpture art in the 20th century.

Auguste rodin was born into a poor Christian family. His father is a police messenger and his mother is a poor civilian woman. Rodin loved art since he was a child, but his other lessons were poor. With the support of his sister Mary, his disappointed father had to agree to send him to the Paris School of Arts and Crafts. His sister Mary paid for his room and board with her own salary, so Rodin loved her deeply since she was a child. /Kloc-When he was 0/4 years old, he studied painting with Leconde Boyd Audland, then studied sculpture with Bayeux, and worked as an assistant to Behles. He went to Brussels to create decorative sculptures for five years.

He traveled to Italy from 65438 to 0875, and was deeply inspired by Michelangelo's works, thus establishing realistic creative techniques. His works, such as Bronze Age, Thinker, Hugo, Citizen of Calais, Balzac, Walking Man and so on, all have new creations, which have been criticized by the French academic school. The design of Hell's Gate, including 186 sculptures, was not realized as planned due to the obstruction of the official at that time, and only some works such as The Thinker, The Kiss and Eve were completed.

He is good at creating vivid and powerful artistic images with rich and varied painting techniques. He made a lot of sketches in his life, with a unique style and artistic theory passed down from generation to generation. Rodin's position in the history of European sculpture is just like that of the poet Dante in Europe. Rodin and his two students, Mayol and Budel, are called the "three pillars" of European sculpture.

For modern people, he is the last sculptor in the old period (classicism period) and the first sculptor in the new period (modernism period). He left one foot in the classical courtyard, but the other foot has crossed the threshold of modernism. It can be said that Rodin opened the door to modern sculpture in the new era with his mature and powerful hands and creative spirit that was not bound by tradition. When the young artist rushed in and ran forward, he was old and could not walk. His creation has a great influence on the development of modern European sculpture.

Rodin prefers tragic themes and is good at discovering contribution and beauty from fragmentation, which makes his art have profound and profound character.

all one's life

Rodin King's Art and Craft School was founded by Madame de Pompadour's favorite painter Bessie Lier in 1765, where students studied the art of binding and painting. Here, he met Horace Lacock, the first teacher he admired in his life. Lacock is an ordinary art teacher, but he encouraged Rodin to be faithful to the real artistic feeling from the beginning, instead of following academic dogma. Perhaps it was this teaching that influenced Rodin's life. During this period, he often went to the Louvre to copy the famous paintings of the masters. Unable to afford oil paints, Rodin transferred to a sculpture class and fell in love with sculpture.

Lecocq also introduced him to the famous French animal sculptor Valle (1796- 1875), which gave him a good basic training. After three years of hard and diligent study, Rodin is full of ambition and ready to enter the Paris Academy of Fine Arts.

Le Cork introduced Rodin to Maindron (180 1- 1884), a famous sculptor at that time, and asked him to sign Rodin's application for admission as a referee, but it was useless and Rodin lost the election. I still lost the election the next year. In the third year, an old host simply wrote next to Rodin's name: "I have no talent in my life, and it is a waste to continue applying." In this way, the future European sculptor was rejected by the Paris Academy of Fine Arts forever. This is a heavy blow to young Rodin who wants to be a sculptor.

A bigger blow followed. Rodin's beloved sister Mary entered the monastery because of lovelorn love. Two years later, her weak spirit and body could not bear the frustration and cold life, and she died of illness. Rodin's spirit completely collapsed under this double blow, and he resolutely embarked on the road of his sister and became a monk. However, Rodin's strong body provided him with endless desires, among which the desire for creation ignited an uncontrollable flame in an artist's heart, which made Rodin, who was equally devout to God and art, fall into inner contradictions and pains.

Emma, the kind and wise abbot, saw Rodin's thoughts from his depressed expression. He created conditions for Rodin to have the opportunity to paint and carve. Seeing that Rodin was really talented, he persuaded Rodin to return to the secular world, continue his sculpture career and "serve God with art". This encouraged Rodin. With a soothing and grateful heart, Rodin made a statue for Dean Emma in the monastery. This statue shows that Rodin, 23, has the insight, skills and skills to become a sculptor.

The beginning of art

Rodin returned to Laycock and, with his help and support, began a career of self-study while working. Unable to afford a model, he hired a flat-headed beggar named Bibi as his model. The ugliness of the beggar made Rodin see the sadness and desolation on his gaunt face, and also reminded him of Michelangelo, a sculptor who had worked hard and lonely all his life. Therefore, the beauty and ugliness of life and art have different meanings in Rodin's eyes. When creating, he pays attention to the expression of light on the surface of his works, and integrates the ideological connotation he wants to express into his works, making sculpture a powerful language, and people's ideological feelings far exceed their visual feelings. This artistic concept is exactly what the master Michelangelo pursued in his later years, and it was first shown in Rodin's The Man with the Broken Nose more than 300 years later, and it has been the source of their soul and charm all their lives.

Rodin is not only a master of sculpture, but also a great teacher. His students or assistants, even if they only had contacts, were deeply influenced by Rodin in art, but Rodin, as a teacher, never bound his students from the artistic point of view, so his students all matured into their own unique styles and stood out. They learn from Rodin's creative spirit and absorb it, so many of them are outstanding, and some of them will become famous teachers in the future.

Rodin's Art Theory

Rodin's artistic theory is a scientific summary of the history of European sculpture, as well as a concise summary of personal experience, which runs through Rodin's reverence for his predecessors, his outstanding views on famous works, his joy in creation, and his profound thinking and introspection. At that time, Mr. Fu Lei was teaching in Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts, and translated this book into an "aesthetic lecture" for students, in order to have an exact understanding and discussion of the form and spirit of the famous works of art before involving pure aesthetics. Re-editing the color book closely follows the master's conversation, and integrates more than 200 famous works of art with the conversation, which is more conducive to the appreciation and understanding of famous works.

Rodin held an exhibition in Paris, which established his reputation as a sculptor. His main contribution is to restore the western sculpture's understanding of people and the expression of the spiritual world, and he is known as the greatest portrait sculptor in the history of sculpture. From 65438 to 0864, Rodin studied sculpture from the famous animal sculptor Louis Beye. Thanks to his efforts, he has made great progress. Later, he studied painting in the Louvre, known as the "Little Academy of Fine Arts". The owner of the studio is Albert Ernest galil Behles, who was a very famous master of decorative sculpture during the Second Empire. After a period of study, Rodin has the conditions to become an excellent sculptor. Before the age of 35, Rodin's personal style has not been determined. 1875, Rodin visited Italy and praised the great Michelangelo, which had a great influence on his later creation.

The exhibition caused a lot of discussion, and many people refused to admit that it was too realistic, saying that it was based on real people. This gave Rodin a great shock and made him start thinking about the performance of his works. He thinks that extreme approximation is nothing new, which is not conducive to expressing profound thoughts and feelings. Therefore, the later works are vivid and full of inner spirit. His masterpieces are *** 186, and one of them, Hell's Gate, lasted for 37 years and was not completed until his death. Among them, The Thinker and The Kiss were enlarged and became world-famous masterpieces independently.