Flesh and blood Auguste Rodin was a master of the sensuous reproduction of the human body in bronze and marble. Tom Rosenthal pays tribute to his sculptural genius

The Independent on Sunday | September 17, 2006| | Copyright

Next week sees the opening of what may prove to be one of the Royal Academy's most important and influential exhibitions for several decades. The subject is Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and the sub- theme of the show is his long and fruitful links with this country. More than 200 works, many from the Musee Rodin in Paris and his country house in Meudon, give us an unparalleled opportunity to understand why his work has absorbed generations of both artists and art-lovers and why, in a period when sculpture is dominated by such artists as Anthony Caro, David Smith and Richard Serra and, as it ...

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