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{{short description|French sculptor}}
{{about||the Uruguayan intellectual|José Enrique Rodó}}
[[Image:Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo - Paul Verlaine.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Bust of Paul Verlaine, by
Auguste de Niederhäusern, or Rodo.]]
'''Auguste de Niederhäusern''', better known as '''Rodo''' (2 April 1863 – 21 May 1913) was a [[Switzerland|Swiss]] sculptor and medalist active in Switzerland and [[France]].
Rodo was born in [[Vevey]], and in 1866 moved with his family to [[Geneva]]. He attended the [[École des Arts industriels de Genève]] (1881) and the [[École des Beaux-Arts de Genève]] (1882) under the direction of [[Barthélemy Menn]], then studied at the Académie Julian with [[Henri Chapu]] (1886) and at the [[École des Beaux-Arts de Paris]] under [[Alexandre Falguière]]. For six years he worked in [[Auguste Rodin]]'s studio.
In 1895 he received a commission for the [[Paul Verlaine]] monument in the [[Jardin du Luxembourg]], which was finally inaugurated in 1911. He died in 1913 during a visit to [[Munich]].
== References ==
*  Claude Lapaire, ''Auguste de Niederhäusern-Rodo (1863–1913). Un sculpteur entre la Suisse et Paris'', Zurich/Lausanne: Institut suisse pour l'étude de l'art / Berne: Editions Benteli, 2001. {{ISBN|3-7165-1243-5}} .
* Philip Ward-Jackson, "Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo, 1863-1913. Un sculpteur entre la Suisse et Paris. Catalogue raisonne by Claude Lapaire", The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 143, No. 1185 (Dec., 2001), p.&nbsp;770.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080320125526/http://www.g26.ch/art_rodo.html Auguste de Niederhausern-Rodo]
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