Fateful Encounter focuses on the relationship between two headstrong artists who for a while worked in close collaboration and then tried to find their own separate ways. Although Camille was determined to carve out a niche of her own by focusing on her "sketches from nature" (scenes of daily life captured as they happened), she found it extremely difficult. Rodin fared better and in 1898 created Balzac, the work that he himself described as the "linchpin of his aesthetic". In 1899, with Rodin’s creation of another masterpiece, The Age of Maturity, Camille reaffirmed her desire to break off relations with him. From 1900, with Rodin at the forefront of the art scene, Camille gradually slid into madness and was soon unable to create. Fateful Encounter is the catalogue to an exhibition in which Camille and Rodin once more come face to face. It’s an illuminating joint appraisal of their work with each represented by an equal number of pieces of similar importance.
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By Earl R. Sutton "earlsutton" (Detroit, MI, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Camille Claudel and Rodin: Fateful Encounter (Hardcover)
"The beautiful, talented, witty, and fiercely independent Camille Claudel first met the great Auguste Rodin when she was only 17 and he was 41. She became his fellow sculptor, his muse, his model, and his lover. As he gained fame she struggled against the social and artistic limitations placed upon women artists in the nineteenth century."For the first time in the United States the special exhibition, Camille Claudel & Rodin: Fateful Encounter (at the DIA [Detroit Institute of Arts] October 9, 2005 -February 5, 2006) brings together the works they shared and the works they created apart before Claudel's life crumbled under the weight of a shattered relationship, mental illness, and the prejudices of her world. "Bring a piece of this special exhibition home today through this extraordinary book."
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