Master French sculptor Auguste Rodin's work on view at the High Museum

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), St. John the Baptist, modeled 1880, cast by François Rudier, 1883, bronze. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gift of Samuel P. Avery, 1893).

The iconic sculpture “The Thinker” may well be one of the most recognizable works of art in history, but its creator, Auguste Rodin, was received with decades of ambivalence by American art critics until well into the 20th century.

The sculptor’s body of work “Rodin in the United States: Confronting the Modern” will be on view at the High Museum from Oct. 21 – Jan.15. High Museum curator Claudia Einecke joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk more about the Rodin collection.

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