The art of Rodin appears conservative in…

The art of Rodin appears conservative in comparison to the painting of the time, in that he continues to use literary themes while much contemporary painting does not, but the new style that he evolves does much to revive sculpture's significance as an expressive medium.

While the artist's glory continues to increase, his private life is troubled by the numerous liaisons into which his unbridled sensuality plunges him.

In about 1885, he becomes the lover of one of his students, Camille Claudel, the gifted sister of the poet Paul Claudel.