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Google doodles Auguste Rodin's 'The Thinker' on his 172nd birthday


New Delhi: A digital cast of Auguste Rodin's bronze and marble sculpture 'The Thinker' has been posted on the Google home page on the occasion of the French sculptor's 172nd birth anniversary. The image of the man in sober meditation replaces the second O of the Google logo on November 12. The doodle is in two colours - blue and black.
Auguste Rodin, whose full name is Francois-Auguste-Rene Rodin was born on November 12, 1840 in Paris. Rodin is considered as one of the greatest portraitist in sculpture. Born into a poor family Rodin had a tough childhood and after the death of his sister in 1862 he thought of joining the church. But in 1864 Rose Beuret came into his life, they remained lifelong companions and only married a few weeks before Beuret's death in 1917.
Rodin's first submission to an exhibition in 1864 was rejected but he gradually developed his characteristic expressive style. But rejections and controversy followed him. By the age of 40, Auguste Rodin had established his reputation as a sculptor.
The 'The Thinker' (1880) and 'The Kiss' (1886) are two of the most famous of Rodin's creations. 'The Kiss' known of its sensuousness is considered his masterpiece. Auguste Rodin died aged 77 on November 17, 1917 at Meudon, France. 

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