Judith Cladel

Rodin; The Man and His Art, with Leaves from His Note-book, a classical and rare book that has been considered essential throughout human history, so that this work is never forgotten, we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.

Of Auguste Rodin one thing may be said without fear of contradiction: among his contemporaries to-day he is pre minently the master. Born at Paris, 1840, -the natal year of his friends, Claude Monet and Zola-in humble circumstances, without a liberal education, the young Rodin had to fight from the beginning; fight for bread as well as an art schooling. He was not even sure of his vocation. An accident determined it.