Season 1
, 1
Episode 24
Wednesday 3 February 2010
Tucked away in Paris near Les Invalides, and dwarfed in reputation by galleries such as the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay, the Musée Rodin is a gem for any sculpture enthusiast. The year before he died, Rodin donated all his works to the French government on the condition that the state establish a permanent museum dedicated to his work, and in 1919, the former hotel where he had lived opened as the Rodin Museum. It now houses a great selection of his works, from small busts to the more monumental, such as the famous pieces, The Kiss, The Thinker and the monumental The Gates of Hell.