Study of a Hand by Auguste Rodin:
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was fascinated by the power of expression of hands. In 1900, the critic Gustave Kahn wrote, “Rodin is the sculptor of hands, raging, tensed, arched, damned hands”. There is no doubt that Rodin attached more importance to this part of the body than any other. Fascinated by the expressive power of isolated hands, he studied them unceasingly, accumulating in his studio numerous studies in clay or plaster, in which the sensitivity of the modeling vies with the verisimilitude of the gesture.

Through hands, Rodin expresses the full range of human emotions, from anxiety to suffering, from resignation to despair.