Sculptors Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel began their collaboration as teacher (Rodin) and student (Claudel). This swiftly changed, with Claudel becoming first Rodin's respected assistant, then his model, lover, and highly-respected colleague. Their relationship was a tempestuous one, and Claudel, who was a gifted but troubled woman, descended into depression and an eventual mental breakdown as she grew increasingly frustrated at her inability to move easily into the world of professional art (especially difficult for a woman in late 19th-century France).
Rodin and Claudel's relationship is movingly portrayed in the French film, Camille Claudel, in which Gerard Depardieu plays the role of Rodin. Isabelle Adjani produced the film, and also starred as Camille.
Rodin and Claudel's relationship is movingly portrayed in the French film, Camille Claudel, in which Gerard Depardieu plays the role of Rodin. Isabelle Adjani produced the film, and also starred as Camille.
For more photos and additional leads:
Video clips from YOUTUBE:
- Musée Rodin, Paris BIO timeline (en français)
- Musée Rodin, Paris (main link)
- Main Rodin Link from Cantor Foundation website
- Rodin Info & Images, Artchive
- Rodin, Web Museum
- Independent Rodin-Web Source: bio, works, more links, Claudel info
- Camille Claudel Biography on Independent Rodin-Web Source
- A Photo Essay of a visit to Paris' Musée Rodin
- Rodin Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA).
- Auguste Rodin dans l'Encyclopédie Larousse
- mymodernmet.com article about Camille Claudel
- A sketch of Rodin's marble, DESPAIR, currently on display at the Saint Louis Art Museum (sketch done by Anna Karpinski)
Video clips from YOUTUBE:
- clip from the movie Camille Claudel (v.o. = version originale SANS sous titres)
- 4-minute visit au Musée Rodin, Paris
- brief video showing various works of Rodin and some of Claudel's
- brief segment from a documentary, shows Le Baiser and more
- 26-minute segment on The Gates of Hell (La Porte de l'Enfer)
- 1915 silent video footage made by Sacha Guitry (Monet, Renoir, Rodin, Degas)-- Rodin footage starts at 5:38
- My QUIZLET set to help memorize these sculptures
- My QUIA matching and flashcards activity for these sculptures