The Musée Rodin was founded in 1916 and opened in 1919 at the Hôtel Biron, where Rodin had lived. The museum holds the largest Rodin collection, with more than 6,000 sculptures and 7,000 works on paper. But Rodin had a country estate as well. Stop by “A Day in Paris” to discover more about Rodin and his country estate. You’ll enjoy an art show of some of my favorite pieces and stories of Rodin.
I chose this statute because it represents the focus of Founder’s Forum. As Richard Swedberg of Cornell University said, “Rodin centered The Burghers of Calais around a modern version of heroism that can be termed ‘civic heroism’, which draws on the collective and civic courage of the average person (Zivil-courage), rather than on the physical courage of the single and outstanding individual.”