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The Rodin International Artists Foundation is a non-profit organization that specializes in the development of international public art education and promotes the collection, placement, exhibition, research and academic exchange of public interest art works in several international cities, museums, art galleries and national parks. The foundation has established a wide range of business relationships with 12 museums and art institutions around the world and has established clubhouses including France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Japan and others. The foundation is headquartered in Philadelphia (USA) while its office is located on the 20th floor of the Rockefeller Building in New York City. It has 3 international artists’ collaboration teams and nearly 100 famous international artists.
The purpose of the Rodin International Artists Foundation is to explore and promote the development of international public interest art education with a forward-looking perspective, promote the interaction and exchange among international artists and enhance the aesthetic standards of international public interest arts education. The Foundation Arts Bureau project includes regular arrangements for international artists to live in the United States, free short-stay visits to the United States, and admission to art exhibitions, lectures and seminars. These functions train, guide, and enhance public interest in the arts through paintings, sculpture, drama, music, dance, martial arts, literature and calligraphy, and offer artistic appreciation and charity dedication.
The Foundation’s recently completed charity arts projects include two large bronze art relief sculptures in front of the Museum of American Revolution History: Washington Crossing the Delaware and Signers of the Declaration of Independence. Each sculpture is 3 meters high, 6 meters wide and weighs about 1500 pounds. Both sculptures are recreations of their eponymous oil paintings by Emanuel Leutze (1851) and John Trumbull (1819) respectively.
Public welfare arts projects currently under planning, construction and installation:
- Marble Reliefs, Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States. 3.2 meters high, 6.2 meters wide and weighing about 14.5 tons soon to be placed on the first floor lobby of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The sculpture is based on Howard Chandler Christy’s oil painting of the same name from 1940.
- Large Marble Relief, The First Thanksgiving 1621. 3.2 meters high, 6.2 meters wide and weighing about 14.8 tons, the work is being negotiated with the New York’s Statue of Liberty Museum and recommended by the National Park Service. The sculpture is based on Jean Leon Gerome Ferris’ oil painting from 1899.
- 45 giant bronze presidential head statues, each 3 meters high and weighing about 700-900 pounds, planned for the Presidential Park in Virginia
- Huge public historical oil paintings and an urban murals project currently in operation
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罗丹国际艺术家基金会是一个专门从事国际公益艺术发展教育，推动国际城市郊区，博物馆，艺术馆，国家公园等公益艺术作品收藏，安置，展览，研究和学术交流的非营利机构。基金会与世界12家博物馆和艺术机构建立了广泛的业务关系并设立了分会机构，其中包括法国，意大利，德国，英国，中国，日本等。基金会总部位于美国费城，办事处在纽约洛克菲勒大厦20层，拥有3个国际艺术家协作团队，著名国际艺术家近百人。
罗丹国际艺术家基金会的宗旨是以前瞻性的视野探索推动国际公益艺术教育发展，促进国际艺术家互动交流，提升国际公益艺术教育的审美水准。基金会艺术局立项内容包括定期安排国际住会艺术家免费来美国短期住会访问交流，举办艺术展览，讲座和研讨活动。培训指导和提升市民对艺术绘画，雕塑，戏剧，音乐，舞蹈，武术，文学，书法等方面的兴趣，鉴赏能力和公益慈善奉献精神。
1：本基金会近期已完成的公益艺术项目包括：美国革命历史博物馆室外建筑门前两件大型青铜艺术高浮雕 ［华盛顿横渡德拉华河］，［美国独立宣言签名者］。每件均3米高，6米宽，重约1500磅左右。
2:正在进行规划施工安装中的公益艺术项目：美国国家宪法中心室内入口一层大厅即将安放的大理石高浮雕［美国联邦宪法制定者］高3.2米，宽6.2米，重约14.5吨。
3:正在与国家公园管理局推荐的纽约自由女神岛新建中的博物馆洽谈中［美国第一个感恩节］大理石高浮雕，高3.2米，宽6.2米，重约14.8吨。
4:列入美国总统公园48位总统巨型青铜雕像计划启动中。45位总统雕像，每件高3米，重约700-900磅。
5:公益巨幅历史油画，城市壁画项目在启动运作中。