Antoine Bourdelle, born Émile Antoine Bordelles, was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important figure in the Art Deco movement and the transition from the Beaux-Arts style to modern sculpture.
Antoine Bourdelle
Leda and the Swan, Musée d'Art classique de Mougins
Bourdelle in his studio sketching Grace Christie
Monument to Mickiewicz, 1929, Jardin d'Erevan, 8th arr., Paris
François Auguste René Rodin was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a unique ability to model a complex, turbulent, and deeply pocketed surface in clay. He is known for such sculptures as The Thinker, Monument to Balzac, The Kiss, The Burghers of Calais, and The Gates of Hell.
1902 photograph
Rodin c. 1862
Auguste Rodin, John Singer Sargent, 1884
Rodin, c. 1875–80