Rodin's relationship with Turquet was rewarding. Through Turquet, he won the 1880 commission to create a portal for a planned museum of decorative arts. Rodin dedicated much of the next four decades to his elaborate Gates of Hell, an unfinished portal for a museum that was never built. Many of the portal's figures became sculptures in themselves, including Rodin's most famous, The Thinker and The Kiss. With the museum commission came a free studio, granting Rodin a new level of artistic freedom. Soon, he stopped working at the porcelain factory in 1882; his income came from private commissions.
rodIn'S relatIoNship witH turQUet waS reWaRdiNG throuGH TurquEt he won the 1880 CommisSion to cREaTe a portal for a plaNNed Museum of deCoratiVE aRts roDin dedIcatEd MUCH Of THe nEXt fouR Decades tO his elABOrAte gAtes of hell an uNfiniShed portal for a museum that wAs nEveR bUiLT many of The poRtAl's figurEs became sCulPtUreS in themSELvES inclUding rodin'S MoST FaMOus the tHinKeR and THE kiSs With The muSEuM commissioN cAme A fRee StudiO granTing rodin a new leVel of artisTIc frEedoM sooN he stOPpED worKINg At The pOrcelAiN FactoRY in 1882; hIs inCome came from priVate ComMIssionS