The Thinker (French: Le Penseur), by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left …

While remaining in place on the monumental Gates of Hell, The Thinker was exhibited individually in 1888 and thus became an independent work. Enlarged in 1904, its colossal version proved …

The Thinker, sculpture of a pensive nude male by French artist Auguste Rodin, one of his most well-known works. Many marble and bronze editions in several sizes were executed in Rodin’s …

In a real sense, The Thinker is Rodin. Brutishly muscled yet engrossed in thought, coiled in tension yet loose in repose, the sculpture, according to one early twentieth-century critic, …

Auguste Rodin originally conceived a smaller version of this sculpture to sit atop his monumental bronze portal entitled The Gates of Hell (1880-1917). The figure was intended to represent …

Aug 20, 2024 · The Thinker by Auguste Rodin, 1888. Source: Musée Rodin, Paris The Thinker is one of Rodin’s most iconic works, which the sculptor began as part of his monumental …

Rodin Works: The Thinker . Already in the first year of working on 'The Gates of Hell', Rodin modeled the central figure of this great composition: 'The Thinker'. As an independent work it …

May 21, 2022 · The Thinker statue by Auguste Rodin portrays a heroic-sized naked masculine figure seated on a rock. The Thinker statue is commonly used to symbolize philosophy …

Enlarged in 1904, its colossal version proved even more popular: this image of a man lost in thought, but whose powerful body suggests a great capacity for action, has become one of the …

The permanent exhibition displays such well-known sculptures as The Thinker, The Hand of God, The Age of Bronze, and the life-size plaster of Eve from his masterwork, The Gates of Hell. …