FRENCH LANGUAGE
"The recourse to the teaching of Egyptian sculpture is perhaps the most remarkable thing that can be cited in the career of this artist. This is the art that seduced Auguste Rodin and to which, in middle age, master of his craft, he asked for a lesson. In his studio there was a large number of Egyptian works, originals and copies, whose presence attests to the master's predilection for Pharaonic art. He constantly referred to it, and we know that, many times, it was to Egyptian art that he asked for the solution to technical difficulties that were embarrassing him."
"The recourse to the teaching of Egyptian sculpture is perhaps the most remarkable thing that can be cited in the career of this artist. This is the art that seduced Auguste Rodin and to which, in middle age, master of his craft, he asked for a lesson. In his studio there was a large number of Egyptian works, originals and copies, whose presence attests to the master's predilection for Pharaonic art. He constantly referred to it, and we know that, many times, it was to Egyptian art that he asked for the solution to technical difficulties that were embarrassing him."
Exhibition « Dream of Egypt » at the musée Rodin from 18 October 2022 to 5 March 2023.
French language
192 pages / 304 illustrations
Coédition Musée Rodin, Paris / In Fine éditions d'art
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