Balzac (Rodin)

Balzac is a sculpture by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin . Begun in 1891, Rodin's works are generally seen as an absolute masterpiece from Balzac in 1898 as a tribute to the, in the opinion of many, greatest novelist of world literature Honoré de Balzac .

The French writer Andre Malraux, overwhelmed by this sculpture , described them as un Chène foudroyé. Another French writer Léon Daudet declared: "Ce Balzac est à la fois celui de l'abandon, de la maladie de coeur et de la Comedie humaine ... C'est un halluciné presque agonisant qui regarde l'immortalité face à face. "

However, the image was rejected by the Société des gens de lettres. The gentlemen were irritated by the crude structure of the statue, which she hardly saw a rough unfinished design. Later artists such as Pablo Picasso , André Masson , Tal Coat , Emil de Kermadec , Cecile Rey-Millet , André Derain , Albert Marquet , Elie Lascaut andBalthazar Balthus labeled it as a masterpiece.

The impressive work has been seen at least five locations: at the intersection of Boulevard Raspail with Boulevard Montparnasse in Paris, in the garden of the Rodin Museumin Paris, in the open air Middelheim in Antwerp , in the garden of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven and the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan, New York.