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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...
...book by Mile. Tirel, Rodin's secretary, states definitely that Rodin died of cold, neglected by friends and officials of the state, while his sculptures, which he had given to the nation, were kept warmly housed in a centrally heated museum at public expense. His case was so desperate that he asked to be permitted to have a room in the museum-the Hotel Biron, formerly his own studio. The official in charge of the museum refused. Other officials and friends promised coal but never sent it, though his situation at Meudon, ill, and freezing to death, was apparently...
...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...