Rodin : 2013-06

I visited the Musée Rodinnear Les Invalides and it is a great place to visit. There is a building for the expositions that change throughout the year, a masion with the permanent collection, and of course, the gardens.

This was a great statue, but sadly I don't remember / didn't write down the name

Here is the Burghers of Calais which is a famous Rodin, but it's also, as expected, in Calais. Calais happens to be where the Eurotunnel connects to France. That's the deal with bronze statues...there can be a few or dozens of copies. If you get the chance, a cool thing to see is the original cast.

RODIN (1840-1917) Le Père Eymard, 1863, bronze. This is a great statue and really loved how Rodin captured the hair which, in turn, captures Père Eymard's attitude - or so it seems.

These were cool...two paintings by Rodin. On the left is Jean-Baptiste Rodin (vers 1860), the painting. Rodin has several Jean-Baptiste works - most of which are sculptures - so it was cool to see this painting. On the right is Rodin's Rose Beuret (1865). Rose Beuret was a popular subject with Rodin and he made a rather famous sculpture of her. Point being, with these paintings it reminded me once again that those who can sculpt can usually paint and/or draw. It's the same with Michelangelo and da Vinci. They could draw, paint, sculpt and probably do whatever else they wanted. What if we could have heard a concerto by those guys? They just didn't do it.

This is La Défense (or the Call to Arms), 1879. I thought this was a great action scene.

This is l'Âge mûr or the Age of Maturity (1899), another great motion sculpture.

I don't remember, but I think this is Rodin by Rodin. Self portraits are common with paintings, but it's cool to see it in sculpture.

There was also a van Gogh, Père Tanguy which was nothing spectacular but it's always good to see what van Gogh was thinking about. What was cool to him. And there was a Monet. His Belle-Ile of 1886. It is on the right.

Père Tanguy

Last thing I noted was by a favorite of mine - John Singer Sargent. I think his paintings are amazing and my attraction is probably augmented by the fact that he's one of our (American) treasures. He painted a portrait of Rodin which is a classic Sargent. Although you can see it at the previous link, i had to include a picture. Sargent is famous in America so it was nice to see him in a world-famous museum. I appreciate France's effort.

If you get the chance, make sure you visit the Musée Rodin. It's worth it and it is one of the museums which participate in the "first Sunday free" plan. I.e., it is free on any first Sunday of the month.