However, there are perhaps just as many artists who have gone unnoticedparticularly women.
During their time of association, Claudel was Rodins student, assistant, muse, and lover.
Though not entirely unknown and unsuccessful as an artist, her true importance was overshadowed by that of Rodin.
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Read on to discover more about Camille Claudels fascinating life and career.
Her father, Louis-Prosper Claudel, later moved the family to Bar-le-Duc In 1870.
There, Camille received the beginnings of her education from the Sisters of the Christian Doctrine.
Claudel Children With Their Father, Right: Camille (Photo:Unidentified photographer[Public domain])
Louise Anthanaise Claudel didnt want her daughter to pursue a vocation as an artist.
Even more than his apprentice, she became his confidant, model, and muse.
He subsequently retracted his public support for Claudels work and severed all ties with his former lover.
Camille in Her Paris Studio (Photo:William Elborne[Public domain])
By 1911, she had become a shut-in, her physical and mental health continually worsening.
Over the course of her 30-year confinement, she received very few visits from her family or friends.
I live in a world so curious, so strange.
Bust of Rodin (Photo:Museo Soumaya[CC BY-SA 4.0])
Of the dream that was my life, this is the nightmare.
After Claudels lonely death, her body was buried in an unmarked communal grave on the asylum grounds.
Before his own death in 1914, Rodin approved plans to add a Camille Claudel room to his museum.
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