Auguste Rodin
1897
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Eugène Carrière
Eugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the fin-de-siècle period.
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From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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Auguste Rodin is a 1897 by Eugène Carrière, a Impressionism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This is a close-up portrait of a man with a long white beard and wavy hair. His face is mostly in shadow, but his hands rest on his chin as if he’s deep in thought. The dark background makes his pale skin and beard stand out sharply. The artist used soft, blended strokes to create a mysterious, almost ghostly look. The lighting focuses on the face while keeping the rest in near-darkness. Look up chiaroscuro to see how this dramatic light-and-dark contrast works.
Eugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the fin-de-siècle period.
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