Rodin is known as the father of modern sculpture art, the greatest realist sculptor of the early 20th century. Inheriting the art of the Renaissance, he profoundly researches on the human body structure, capturing the emotions and beauty of the human body with precision and exquisiteness. Creating the historical masterpieces of sculpture, he was recognized as the greatest sculptor after Michelangelo. His well-known work Le Penseur was originally titled as Le Poet, conceived for the Gate of Hell in 1880. In 1888, Rodin decided to independent it as an unique work. In
1906, the bronze of Le Penseur cast in 1904 was erected in front of the Panthéon as a gift to the Paris city government, in 1919 this bronze statue was to be transferred to the Musée Rodin. Rondin said about Le Penseur: Guided by my initial inspiration, I imagined a different Penseur, a male nude, crouching on a rock to which his feet grip tightly. He is thinking, with his fist held against mouth. The fertile thought is developing in his brain. He is not a dreamer, he is a creator.