Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel, Rodin's Muse and Mistress

by Reine-Marie Paris, Liliane Emery Tuck (Translator)

English (translation)
Original French

Genres: Art, Biography, Nonfiction, History

258 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[Heather]

Camille was such an amazing woman and incredible artist. Her sculptures are definitely my favorite. The ending is so sad, you really feel for her lot in life. I vehemently recommend this book to anyone who studies art or even psychology. If you like/dislike Rodin, it mentions him in the book, too.

[ccholland]

幾年前看過這本書，現在再次讀它，卡蜜兒的一生真是讓人感慨萬千。

羅丹一直是我喜愛的藝術家之一，卡蜜兒我也不會忘記妳的。為妳與生俱來的天份所震懾。

一本讓人不由得掉下眼淚的書.....

[ISRA]

3.5 The structure of the book isn’t conducive to a smooth read given its odd intermissions of photographs.

Aside from that the book accurately touches on what I perceive as the crux of Camille’s art as personal and intimate (semi autobiographical) - almost therapeutic direct personal sentiments rather than performing e expressions like Rodin did. As well as the imbalance of her relationship to Rodin. It didn’t go into the toxicity of her family dynamics as much as I hoped but quoted some of her brother’s thinly veiled resentment and pride along with her mother’s harsh criticism and later indifference to her suffering .

[Julie Markussen]

Beautiful. Includes rare pictures of Camille and her works.

[Sandra Mallut]

torture, torture and more this poor woman, what a talent, what a women, wow she had a lot, but lost so much. If you are an art lover and history lover than learning about the life of Camille Claudel is a must and this is a great piece of work to get you started.

[Elizabeth A.]

obsessed over her story, couldn't stop crying for years after seeing the movie