www.ngprague.cz
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Narodni Gallery, Prague
Prague 7, Dukelskych hrdinu 47
Czech Republic
Tel. +420 - 2 - 24 301 803
Director of Modern and Contemporary Art: Prof. Tomás Vlcek
The Bohemian Manès Societey organized a major Rodin exhibition in
Spring 1902, comprising 88 sculptures and nearly as many drawings - by far
the most complete Rodin exhibition during the artist´s lifetime,
according to Grunfeld. For this purpose, a glasshouse was built in the
Kinsky Garden. On March 1, 1909, Bourdelle was speaker at the Congress
"Rodin and Sculpture" in the Prague National Club. Between the
two World Wars, the Prague Museum has acquired a significant number of
Rodin sculptures and drawings.
Some works:
The Man
with the Broken Nose, plaster,
acquired in 1959
The Age of Bronze, 1876, bronze,
71¼", purchased from Rodin before his death;
lent by the City Gallery Prague
The Martyr
(from the Gates of Hell), bronze,
enlarged, L. 62¼", plus a plaster
cast
Iris, Messenger of the Gods, plaster, acq. 1923
The Inner Voice, plaster, acq. 1923
Monument to Balzac, plaster, 118",
acquired 1935
Bust of Barbey de Barbevilly, plaster, acq. 1935
Drawings
See a complete list
of 23 Rodin works at the National Gallery in Prague.
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