The Kiss By Rodin, White With Grey - Large - Size: 10"h X 5.5"d Item Type: Rodin Statue Material: Grey Bonded Marble With Black Specks Weight (lbs): 8.1 Drop - Rodin (1840-1917) For A Long Time The Life Of The Sculptor Rodin Was Marked By The Mixed Reactions His Work Provoked With The Audience. The Lack Of Understanding For Rodin's Work Was Partly Due To The Original Character Of His Art. He Felt Little For The Strict Formats Of Romanticism And Neither Did He Want To Identify Himself With The Neutrality Of The Impressionists. Rodin's Work Is Characterized By A Passion For The Human Body And He Considered Himself Incapable Of Any Creativity If He Did Not Have A Living Model In Front Of Him. "in Everything I Follow Nature And I Never Pretend I Am Able To Control Her. My Only Ambition Is To Be Subservient And Faithful To Her" He Said. Questions About His Often Controversial, Erotic Works Were Answered With The Remark: "art Is Actually Nothing More Than A Manifestation Of Lust, Which Only Arises From The Potency To Love." Rodin's Life Upheld This Belief With A Vast Succession Of Lovers Having Passed His Artistic Eye. Many Affairs Were Brief, But One Of Them Turned Out To Be Of Enormous Value To His Later Work: Camille Claudel. This Self -willed, Fierce Woman, Who Was A Very Talented Sculptor Herself, Inspired Him To Create His Most Famous And Admired Sculptures. The Escapades And His Loyal Companion Rose Beuret. Eventually, The Affair Ended And Camille Suffered The Dramatic Consequences Of The Split. She Became Isolated And Confused And In The End She Was Forced By Her Family To Have Herself Admitted To A Psychiatric Hospital. Towards The End Of His Life, Rodin Could Look Back Upon A Successful Artistic Career. He Has Given His Works To The French Government, Which Had In Turn Promised To Found A Museum In His Name. Rodin Was Buried With Full Honors And The Words His Father Had Once Spoken Turned Out To Be Prophetic: "the Day Will Come That People Will Say About You, What They Say About All Truly Great Men; The Artist Auguste Rodin Is Dead, But He Lived On For Our Descendants, For The Future." The Kiss (1186) Like The Thinker, The Kiss Is Also Taken From The Gates Of Hell, Rodin's Opus Magnus. Originally It Was Based On The Figures Paolo And Faencesca From Dante's Inferno, Who Were Convicted To Hell For Eternity, Because They Kissed Each Other After Francsca Had Married Paolo's Brother. Sensual But Also Radiating A Certain And Unconstrained Love. In 1893, The Kiss Was Submitted To The World Colombian Fair In Chicago, But The American Authorities Found The Sculpture Too Proactive For Public Exhibition. It Was Erected In A Private Room To Which There Was Only Access By "special Permission". Perhaps Due To The Secret Atmosphere, The Exhibition Was A Great Success And To This Day The Kiss Has Remained On Of The Most Popular Of Rodin's Works.

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