Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel, Rodin's Muse and Mistress
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From Publishers Weekly An older sister of poet, playwrigth and diplomat Paul Claudel, beautiful, talented Camille Claudel (1864-1943), at the age of 20, became mistress, model and collaborator of Auguste Rodin, who admired her sculpture and was influenced by it. When she broke with Rodin, who refused to marry her, she continued to sculpt, paint and exhibit. But in time, living in poverty and semi-obscurity, she destroyed some of her work, her friendships and family ties, and became "nothing more than an anxious shadow hiding in the recesses of her dark studio, asking only for silence and oblivion." In 1913, Paul Claudel had his reclusive, paranoid, now unattractive sister incarcerated, and she remained in sanatoriums for the rest of her life. Interweaving family letters, this brief biography by her grandniece is timed to appear with the opening of an exhibition of her work at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more Language Notes Text: English, French (translation) Read more
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Reviews
Careful study of Rodin's work reveals the influence - and perhaps on occasion even the hand - of Camille Claudel. She was amazingly talented and we would have a great deal more of her work had she not smashed so much of it to pieces driven mad by Rodin.The thought of such a gifted artist being banged away in a loony bin for the greater part of her life is an unbearably tragic waste of talent.I have two or three books in store about her so am not sure if this is the one that prints her letters to her family which are heart-rending.There was a film made of her time with Rodin which was pretty good and - as far as I can tell - reasonably accurate.
