/internal/media/dispatcher/4749/fullGustav Mahler1909[Auguste Rodin]Auguste RodinBronzeRodin is regarded as the father of modern sculpture. Throughout his life, the French sculptor channeled his energies into the power of expression, breathing life into his work with unprecedented mastery. Rodin had a close relationship to Vienna. His work regularly appeared at Secession exhibitions after 1898. In 1903 he met Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. In 1909 Gustav Mahler, Austria’s greatest composer at the time, sat for him in Rodin’s Paris studio. The result was this bust: realistic and imbued with spirit, light and shadow trace every little imperfection on Mahler’s face. Rodin has given particular emphasis to the forehead. As the seat of thought, this was important to the sculptor for it visualized intelligence and a lively mind.Sculpturehttps://sammlungtest.belvedere.at/objects/201/rdf