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Auguste Rodin, French sculptor and illustrator, created The Thinker (died 1917)
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Auguste Rodin
French sculptor (1840–1917)
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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
The Thinker
Sculpture by Auguste Rodin
The Thinker, by Auguste Rodin, is a bronze sculpture depicting a nude male figure of heroic size, seated on a large rock, leaning forward, right elbow placed upon the left thigh, back of the right hand supporting the chin in a posture evocative of deep thought and contemplation.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)