Semanário Expresso de 1 Abril 2017 |
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1893 -1908 : Period of solitary creation
“I have lots of new ideas that
would please you enormously (…) I'm greatly enjoying working (…) As you can
see, it’s no longer anything like Rodin (…)” These few lines from a letter
written by Camille Claudel to her brother in December 1893 reveal her current
state of mind.
Break-up with Rodin
1893: Camille
Claudel distances herself from Rodin and isolates herself in her work,
exasperated by even the most laudatory critics, who hasten to connect her work
with that of her master. She would never cease to distance herself, to
underline her uniqueness and autonomy. She embarks in new directions and
begins her “sketches from life” series inspired by everyday subjects.
Nevertheless,
Rodin, at the height of his career, would continue to discreetly support her
both financially and within the art world.
In late 1893,
Rodin rents the Villa des Brillants in Meudon, to which he moves with Rose
Beuret. He would become the owner of the property in 1895.
Rodin succeeds
Dalou as president of the sculpture section of the S.N.B.A. and Camille Claudel
is made a member. (...) . Continue a ler no site do musseu.
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