The Thinker
Clare Briggs
Clare Briggs is a famous cartoonist who lived from 1875 to 1930. Poems by Wilbur Nesbitt.
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When did Rodin’s Thinker come out? The Gates of Hell was commissioned in 1880 but the statues that you saw everywhere didn’t start showing up until 1904.
It’s a magnificent statue (we had one in Detroit when I was a kid… might still be there for all I know) and… yeah. It’s been inspiring other artists for forever. (Jump ahead to 0:18.)
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