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.

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 ...

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The theme of art and madness is a rich one, especially when Hollywood gets hold of it. Think "Shine," about pianist David Helfgott; "La Vie en Rose" about Edith Piaf and "The Eyes of Van Gogh." ...

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 ...

A new museum reappraises the prodigious talent of Camille Claudel. A sculptor, and Rodin’s lover, Claudel’s career tragically ended with a 30-year confinement in a psychiatric hospital. WILLIAM COOK ...

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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 ...

OTTAWA — Peter Quanz’s 2011 ballet Rodin/Claudel was inspired by the passionate, tormented relationship between the sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel. It’s not surprising Montreal’s Les ...

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 ...