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Camille Claudel & Rodin: Time Will Heal Everything
Book by Le Normand-Romain, Antoinette
79 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2003
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August 20, 2020
This was great!
Not a very long book, this still somehow crams all the relevant moments of Claudel's career in a way that doesn't feel rushed or overbearing. The gorgeous photographs of her sculptures that accompany the text just develop the tragic and beautiful life and times of Camille Claudel. I don't know if there was too much unknowns in here except for the suggestion that Claudel had an abortion of Rodin's child. I did think this book was unique in it was told primarily through letters from other artists, Claudel and Rodin themselves, and her brother Paul. The last paragraph of the book was the real hard hitter when it was revealed that Rodin did indeed love Claudel romantically but it never reached her.
I will say that this was one of the most unbiased looks at both artists. Rodin isn't painted as a jerk or a womanizer as I'd read of him in the past nor was Claudel written as a lovesick child or a girl too far in her fancies. They were both just artists whom told their affair through their art. Interestingly, though they touched on the Maturity piece they didn't mention Rodin's mistress like at all through this book which I found an interesting choice. Again, the letters were what really drew me in...to see the story play out in their own words with little speculation. Highly recommend this one.
Not a very long book, this still somehow crams all the relevant moments of Claudel's career in a way that doesn't feel rushed or overbearing. The gorgeous photographs of her sculptures that accompany the text just develop the tragic and beautiful life and times of Camille Claudel. I don't know if there was too much unknowns in here except for the suggestion that Claudel had an abortion of Rodin's child. I did think this book was unique in it was told primarily through letters from other artists, Claudel and Rodin themselves, and her brother Paul. The last paragraph of the book was the real hard hitter when it was revealed that Rodin did indeed love Claudel romantically but it never reached her.
I will say that this was one of the most unbiased looks at both artists. Rodin isn't painted as a jerk or a womanizer as I'd read of him in the past nor was Claudel written as a lovesick child or a girl too far in her fancies. They were both just artists whom told their affair through their art. Interestingly, though they touched on the Maturity piece they didn't mention Rodin's mistress like at all through this book which I found an interesting choice. Again, the letters were what really drew me in...to see the story play out in their own words with little speculation. Highly recommend this one.
April 13, 2019
Very interesting. Details the timeline of Camile's life with her work
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