Art · Paris, Île-de-France
Musée Rodin
Auguste Rodin’s sculpture in his former mansion and rose garden, including The Thinker.
The Musée Rodin occupies the Hôtel Biron, an elegant 18th-century mansion near Les Invalides where Auguste Rodin rented rooms as a studio from 1908. He gave his works and collections to the French state on condition that the house became a museum devoted to him, and it opened in 1919, two years after his death.
Inside, the rooms trace Rodin's career through marble, bronze and plaster works, drawings and photographs, along with sculpture by Camille Claudel and paintings from his own collection by artists such as Van Gogh, Monet and Renoir. The large garden works as an outdoor gallery, with famous bronzes set among rose beds and trees.
Highlights
- The Thinker in the sculpture garden
- The Kiss in marble
- The Gates of Hell
- Works by Camille Claudel
