Word: rodins
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Paris has been deeply shocked by a report of the circumstances of the death of the great Impressionist sculptor, Auguste Rodin...
...Benedite, an art critic of international fame, and also the curator of the Luxembourg and of the "Musee Rodin," spoke at the Fogg Museum on Thursday and Friday of last week...
...Leonce Benedite, Director of the Luxembourg Art Gallery and the "Musse Rodin" of Paris, will lecture this afternoon at 4.30 in the lecture room of the Fogg Art Museum on the subject, "Rodin." Tomorrow M. Benedite will speak on "Puvis de Chavannes," and on Monday the subject of his lecture will be "J. F. Millet." All of these lectures will be held in the Fogg Museum and will be open to the public...
...Benedite was a lifelong friend of M. Rodin, and helped the famous sculptor organize the "Musee Rodin," he is well qualified to speak on this subject. In testimony of this friendship, Augusto Rodin named M. Benedite the administrator and executor of his will. All those who have visited the "Musee Rodin" of Paris know how well he has acquitted himself of this mission...
...administrating the "Musee du Luxembourg" and the "Musee Rodin", M. Benedite has made a great reputation as a historian and critic of art. He has written a great many works for the principal art and literary reviews, and also several important books on art and contempory artists...