Of Auguste Rodin one thing may be said without fear of contradiction: among his contemporaries to-day he is preeminently the master. Born at Paris, 1840, -the natal year of his friends, Claude Monet and Zola-in humble circumstances, without a liberal education, the young Rodin had to fight from the beginning; fight for bread as well as an art schooling. He was not even sure of his vocation. An accident determined it."
Of Auguste Rodin one thing may be said without fear of contradiction: among his contemporaries to-day he is preeminently the master. Born at Paris, 18...