1895. Inauguration of _The Burghers of Calais. Illusion,_ the _Daughter
of Icarus._ Medallion of _Octave Mirbeau._ Nude studies for the
_Balzac. Man Crouching._
1896. _The Inner Voice. The Muse of Anger_ (for the Hugo monument).
_The Conqueror. Minerva. The Poet and the Life of Contemplation. Women
Bathing._ Studies for the _Balzac._
1897. _Victor Hugo. Balzac._ Monument of _President_ _Sarmiento._
1898. Statue of _Balzac._ Bust of a _Young American._ Bust of _Madame
F._ Statue of _Sarmiento,_ with a high relief of Apollo in marble.
Monument of _Labour. The Benedictions_ (marble). _Twilight. Clouds._
_The Parcæ and the Young Girl._
1899. Works for the Hugo monument.
1900. Marble groups. Exhibition at the Rond-point de l'Alma.
1901. _Shades_ (for _The Gate of Hell)._
1902. Groups in marble. _The Hand of God._ Busts.
1903. Bust of _Hugo. The Poet and the Muse._ Various sketches.
_Ugolino_ (fresh version). _The Prodigal Son._
1904. _The Thinker_, and various works in marble in process of
execution.[1]
The work of Rodin may thus be estimated at about ten works on a grand
scale, forty groups or statues, some thirty important busts, and
perhaps two hundred figures or portraits, without counting sketches,
from 1877 to 1904.
I come now to the mention of some significant writings that deal with
his aesthetic theory or with his work; and, as may be supposed, I leave
out of question a quantity of valueless articles, for Rodin has been
directly or indirectly the pretext for a great mass of writings, and
is the modern French artist who has been most talked of, justly or
unjustly. The works quoted are such as may be consulted with advantage.
[1] To these may be added, in 1905, a bust of the Rt. Hon. _George
Wyndham_, and _The Hand of God._
ARTICLES OR BOOKS RELATING TO RODIN
"Balzac and Rodin," by Roger Marx (_Le Voltaire,_ March, 1892).
"Claude Lorraine," by Roger Marx (_Le Voltaire,_ June, 1892).
(Excellent studies in the criticism of sculpture.)
"Auguste Rodin," by Roger Marx (_Pan,_ and _The Image,_ September,
1897).
Drawings by Rodin, 129 plates, containing 142 heliogravures (Goupil and
Co., 1897), from the suggestions and loans of M. Fenaille.
"Rodin's Studio," by Edouard Rod (_Gazette des Beaux Arts,_ May, 1898).
"Rodin," by Gabriel Mourey (_Revue illustrée,_ October, 1899)
_Exhibition of 1900: Rodin's Works,_ with four prefaces by Eugène
Carrière, Jean Paul Laurens, Claude Monet, and Albert Besnard.
"Rodin and Legros," by Arsène Alexandre (_Figaro,_ June, 1900).
"The Gate of Hell," by Anatole France (_Figaro,_ June 1st, 1900).
_La Revue des Beaux Arts et des Lettres,_ January 1st, 1900.
_La Plume,_ 1900. Special number.
_Les Maîtres Artistes,_ special number, October 15th, 1903.
(Illustrated collections, containing a certain number of critical
studies by various authors.)