Auguste Rodin was always very interested in art, and took up drawing when he was ten years old. then when he was 14 he enrolled himself into Petite École, a school that specialised in art and mathematics where he studied drawing and painting for three years.
his first statue was "a man with a broke nose." The scultpure featured a head that was "broken off" at the neck, the nose flattened and crooked, and the back of the head was completely absent. Needless to say, it was not very well received by the critics.
his greatest statue was The Thinker. The Thinker is a marble and bronze sculpture, which is now on display at the Musee Rodin in Paris. And now sits at his grave in replace of his headstone.
In honnor of Auguste Rodin's 172th birthday google has made their homepage his most popular sculpture. Be sure to check it out.source's ( google homepage and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin )
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