Friday, July 21 | 12 pm
Join us for a Spotlight Gallery Talk exploring one of French artist Auguste Rodin’s major sculptures on view in True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism. Each Talk, lasting approximately twenty minutes, will be led by a staff member on the Museum’s curatorial team.
The Talk is free with Museum admission and places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive fifteen minutes early in order to secure your place at the Admissions Desk.
About True Nature
True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism is a major exhibition on sculptor Auguste Rodin, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Recognized as one of the greatest sculptors since the Renaissance, Rodin pioneered an approach to his art that aimed not only to capture the physicality of his subjects but also their psychology. Organized thematically, True Nature: Rodin and the Age of Impressionism delves into the Classical influences on Rodin’s sculpture, the artist’s focus on portraiture, and his exploration of movement and the human body.
The over 60 works by Rodin in the exhibition are contextualized by additional works by his fellow Impressionists, including Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Camille Pissarro, Edgar Degas, and Paul Cézanne. Curated by Leah Lehmbeck and drawing entirely from LACMA’s collection, True Nature features not only sculptures (in both bronze and marble), but also paintings, prints, and photography by Rodin and his contemporaries. In all, the 100 works of art in the exhibition tell a rich story of Rodin’s sculpture and its place in fin-de-siècle France.
