Known in France as a giant of modernist sculpture, to the rest of the world Camille Claudel is mainly remembered as Auguste Rodin’s lover. Works from Rodin’s studio, where she toiled from the age of ...

A notable similarity marks a subcategory of once woefully under-recognized female artists of the past. Their resolute endurance of trauma is proposed as a primary reason to reassess their work today.

Dominic Walsh has long been inspired by the twisted angst in sculptures by Auguste Rodin and fascinated by the tragic story of Camille Claudel, Rodin's passionate muse and talented contemporary. Walsh ...

It’s a story ready-made for a television series. In the late 19th century, a young, talented and beautiful French woman begins working in the Paris studio of an older, celebrated sculptor and becomes ...

Actors who played the role of Auguste Rodin: Hugh Panaro [Arlington, VA (Regional)] ...

A historic ensemble of 20 extremely rare works by Camille Claudel—the French sculptor once better known as the lover and student of Rodin—broke records in Paris last night when they sold for a ...

Camille Claudel is one of the hidden tragic figures in the history of art. Best known as the lover and protege of Auguste Rodin, Claudel was a fine sculptor in her own right. (She was also the sister ...

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When I was in Paris, I had the occasion to speak with Jeanne Fayard at length about Auguste Rodin's one time mistress, who was a magnificent sculptress in her own right. Indeed, Camille Claudel who ...

NOGENT-SUR-SEINE, France — After a losing battle with both mental illness and institutionalized sexism, one of the greatest French sculptors of the 19th century died in obscurity. The reputation of ...

The French sculptor and lover of Rodin is the subject of a major new exhibition that includes roughly 60 works. By Jordan Riefe Known in France as a giant of modernist sculpture, to the rest of the ...

A notable similarity marks a subcategory of once woefully under-recognized female artists of the past. Their resolute endurance of trauma is proposed as a primary reason to reassess their work today.