Photographs of Camille Claudel's Age of Maturity and Clotho at the Orsay in Paris; part of a growing image archive ...

Lady of the Camille Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel by Reine-Marie Paris Arcade, 1984 A revolt against nature: a woman genius - Mirbeau I showed her where she could find gold but the gold she finds belongs to her - Rodin She was locked up in 1913 and, after thirty years of seclusion, died on October 19, 1943, in the asylum of Montdevergues. She leaves us a work stamped with the seal of ...

CAMILLE CLAUDEL In 1882 the sculptor Auguste Rodin agreed to supervise a small group of young women students, one of whom was the seventeen-year-old Camille Claudel. Auguste and Camille fell in love almost at first sight. At the outset, Camille had recognised in Auguste Rodin a great sculptor and teacher; she was therefore prepared to submit to his direction and abandon her own will as a step ...