Portrait of Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin|Eugène Carrière|Lemercier & Cie.

1897 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

Before moving to Paris to study painting, Carrière apprenticed as a lithographer. Even after achieving acclaim as a painter in the early 1880s, he continued to produce commercial lithographs to earn a living. However, it was only in 1890 that he finally adopted lithography as an artistic medium. His sophisticated knowledge of the technique enabled him to achieve the characteristic sfumato style of his paintings in print through subtle wiping and scraping. This print adapts a painted portrait that Carrière made of his dear friend the sculptor Auguste Rodin (Musée Rodin). It is a testament to the close relationship of the two artists, who shared aesthetic priorities and collected each other's works.

Artist

Auguste Rodin|Eugène Carrière|Lemercier & Cie.

Date

1897

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Purchase, Peco Foundation, 2019