Musée Rodin, a Paris sculpture museum
Musée Rodin deserves the title of best Paris sculpture museum. The three masterpieces exhibited in the museum are the thinker, the gates of hell and the burghers of Calais. Auguste Rodin, a famous artist in his time, has created strong and expressive sculptures. The museum is housed in a superb 18th century manshion with a large park near Les Invalides. The Bourdelle Museum and the Zadkine Museum are two other great Paris sculpture museums. Paris museums.
Musée Rodin, Paris sculpture museum
Housed in a lovely 18th century mansion, Musée Rodin is the best sculpture museum in the city. It displays a first class collection of Rodin sculptures. These sculptures were donated by the artist together with his interesting atelier in Meudon near the city, which can also be visited. The large French style garden of Rodin Museum with a view of Les Invalides is a pleasant oasis in the city. The visit of Musée Rodin is altogether quite interesting and relaxing. Cafeteria. Count two hours.
Rodin Museum is in Paris
The thinker
Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917), a french sculptor, brought vigor to the otherwise academic art of his time.
The thinker, his most famous work, is displayed at the museum. The gates of hell, inspired by the Divine Comedy, and the burghers of Calais are stunning pieces of art too.
These expressive sculptures were a shock when they appeared in the France of the late 19th century. They brought instant celebrity to the artist who then got many orders.
The thinker is in Musée Rodin
Information on Musée Rodin
Admission fee: 15 euros. Buy Musée Rodin tickets online.
Paris metro: Varenne metro station on line 13. Locate Musée Rodin on Paris map. Open daily, except Mondays. Museum, garden and shop open from 10am to 6.30pm. Museum closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25.
Paris 75007 Paris France
The Calais burgers are in Musée Rodin
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Best Paris sculpture museums
The city has two good and little known sculpture museums complementing the famous sculpture departments of the Louvre and Musée Rodin.
Bourdelle Museum, a museum created in his studio with the donation of Antoine Bourdelle's wife, 18, rue Antoine Bourdelle 75015
Zadkine Museum in Ossip Zadkine's studio: 100 bis, rue d'Assas 75006
Bourdelle Sculpture Museum is in Paris
