''The Old Tree'' is a plaster sculpture by the French artist
Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) 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 uniqu ...
, originally conceived as part of his ''
The Gates of Hell'' project.
[ ''La puerta del infierno'', México, Fundación Carlos Slim, 2016.]
Work
Rodin produced it in 1885, only a year after the formation of the
Salon des Independents. It measures and shows a nude young woman clinging to an old man holding his arms out like a tree, contrasting several opposites - male and female, youth and age, softness and roughness.
The work was cast from the plaster original by Georges Rudier's studio in black and green patina bronze. The bronze was exhibited in 1900 in the
Pavilion de l'Alma
The Exposition Universelle of 1900, better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate developmen ...
and the ''La Plume'' salon - in ''La Revue Blanche'', Felicien Fagus wrote:
See also
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List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin
References
External links
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Sculptures by Auguste Rodin
1885 sculptures
Sculptures in the Museo Soumaya
Plaster sculptures
Bronze sculptures