1. By: Hannah Kimberly Rawson
Auguste Rodin
By: Hannah Kimberly Rawson

2. Early Life Francois – Auguste - Rene Rodin Born on November 12, 1840
Modest means
Very shy and somewhat nearsighted
Hindrance to his early academic work
Sent to his uncle’s boarding school in Beauvais in 1851
Spent 3 years there..still had difficulty reading and writing

3. Drawing
Devoting himself to drawing early on, he enrolled at the Ecole Imperiale de Dessin (a gov’t school for craft and design..also called the “Petite Ecole”)
Kept himself busy
Visited museums to study antique sculpture and attended classed at the Gobelins tapestry manufactory where he also studied drawing
He was awarded 2 prizes for drawing and modeling at the age of 17
Rodin was still unable to gain admittance to the prestigious and conservative École des Beaux-Arts, which rejected him three times.

4. Career
Rodin began working commercially in the decorative arts in 1858 to help support his family
He endured several years of laboring for others by day and trying to fulfill his personal artistic aspirations by night
For the first time, he hired a neighborhood handyman to model for him
“The Mask of the Man With the Broken Nose”

5. The Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose
This sculpture started out with the name, “The Man with the Broken Nose” and ended up with “The MASK of the Man with the Broken Nose”
This is because when it was exposed to the cold conditions of Rodin’s studio, the back of the head froze and broke off. He favored the elements and showed it as it was!