Camille Claudel - Medea the Art Nouveau

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Parents Camilla nothing to do with art does not have: her father, Louis-Prosper engaged in registration of property transactions, and his mother Louise was brought up children at home, hoping to raise them the ideal (from her point of view) people. As their family grew, two genius: Paul became a renowned poet and diplomat, and his sister (born in 1864) - a brilliant sculptor. However, his mother had always been unhappy with the behavior of both. Only named in honor of his mother's younger daughter, who was interested in housekeeping, delighted parents.

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Camilla fond of history, especially antique. By the very early period of her work include the songs "David and Goliath," "Napoleon" and "Bismarck". She was 15 years old when my father brought to the house of the sculptor Alfred Boucher. Master was so struck by the generosity of David and poses talent girl that took off before her work hat. Recalling that the "sculpture - not for the young ladies", he nevertheless advised Camilla to go to Paris to develop their skills.
My father was in and managed to convince her mother. Camilla began to study in art studio, where he met Jessie Lipscomb, with whom they rented a studio.
Alfred Boucher continued to supervise Camille, introduced her to the famous sculptor of the time, Paul Dubois, who was also crazhen "David and Goliath." The first question asked Camille Dubois: "You learned from Rodin?" But Camilla had no idea about Rodin.

В 1882 году Огюст Роден пришел провести занятие в девичьей мастерской. He spent with the girls on the strength of ten minutes, telling how he was doing, and how he was not interested in teaching, and how he was burning old shoes to keep warm in his first studio. When he came the next time, I noticed a plaster bust of a beautiful child. This was the work of Camille "Paul Claudel in 13 years. Roden was pleasantly surprised by the abilities ambitious girl. And invited Camilla to work with him. All apprentices stay away from her: they were embarrassed by her sex, and particularly its appearance. Eighteen Camilla was gorgeous: blue eyes, carved figure.
  
Soon, Rodin began to see her not just as a helper, which kneads the clay and cast forms, and as an interesting girl. They became friends, and then even more closer. Roden was older than her 24 years. Camilla was happy with him. She was particularly fascinated by the idea of their secret, which only they knew.
But within months it from someone heard the phrase: "And Roden and his wife, Rose ..." Camilla was shocked by the deception of man who was actually praying. She immediately demanded an explanation. All her questions, he replied that he rose to him and not his wife at all, but simply a common-law wife. Well, he did not go away from it because they have a son and she was with him in sorrow and in joy when he did not have a penny. And he begged to give him time.
On the relationship between Camilla then knew only a friend of Jesse and his brother Paul, who was her closest friend. Camilla's mother learned much later and was so offended by this news that decided not to communicate with his daughter. But in the summer of 1884 their relations were still a mystery to all. Just as the father of Camilla invited Monsieur and Madame Rodin in the family home in Villeneuve Claudel. Then the unhappy Camilla sat opposite her rival, and had to maintain polite conversation. She wiped from jealousy and humiliation of the whole situation.
He feared that favorite Kam could lose their individuality, helping Roden to create the very "gates of hell". And therefore advised to begin her work for themselves. But Camilla was not going to go away from the beloved master. Then she posed for many nude figures. And then she lepila some heroes. Queer Rodin in his memoirs claimed that he never loved anybody as Camille. It was all-consuming passion, which he could not overcome. But Rose he could not leave.

In love with Camille served as a great creative stimulus for Rodin. He began a new cycle, in which imitated a pair of lovers, for the most famous - "Danaus" and "Kiss" - has posed itself Camilla.
He and Rodin was their love nest, from which, however, Auguste went home for the night Rose. It was leased to the end of 1888 the decrepit mansion, which is rumored to have hidden from everyone and loved each other George Sand and Alfred de Musset. Whenever Roden went beyond the threshold of the studio, to go to the so-called wife, Camilla despair. Her brother did not understand the relationship Camille and Rodin. Once Camilla told that her work Roden sign your name. And although it is not worried, quite reasonably, Paul said: "I would not want to see my poems signed Dumas.
There are researchers of life and creativity Rodin, who claim that they have had children with Camilla. In Paris rumor about four kids, someone said that there were only two and gave them to foster care abroad. But well aware that Camilla once had an abortion, after which she fell into his first depression. It is a long time to come to himself and quietly returned to work.

Then came "The Waltz", which enjoyed success with the public: the movement of dance has been handed a very lively, smoothly. Another figure, "praying", where a young girl on her knees and held out his hands to heaven, according to eyewitnesses, led Rodin to cry, looking at her.
For Camilla began particularly difficult times. She was nearly thirty, and her chances of living with another man melted away. Mother has challenged her as an example to her younger sister, who has already established a family, and Camilla all the rubs in the clay and in a shameful connection with a married older men. At the same favorite Paul left France on a diplomatic mission. His birthday and then Christmas and New Year Camilla spent in solitude: Rodin was not there when he was so necessary. The great sculptor and he was worn out his position. The love for Camilla not faded with the years, their relationship has lasted ten years, but he did nothing and did not take. Houses tormented law wife, then battered from his mistress. There is evidence that he was sitting on the happy pills, take them before every meeting with the ladies.
Camilla then already had some success with the public: it was exhibited, on her published articles in journals. Communication with Rodin pulled her back, she knew it. One day it came to Rose in the studio and put up a terrible scandal. Then Camilla Roden set an ultimatum: either I, or is it! Then came the last period of relations.

At that time she had visited the place bohemian hangouts, where she was introduced to composer Claude Debussy. He was older than Camilla for two years, earned lessons in music and writing. In his youth suffered a heavy love story: three years he worked with Tchaikovsky's patroness Nadezhda von Meck, and has not received from her consent to marry her daughter. Later he became a renowned ladies' man, sometimes twisted love affairs with several ladies at once, but he fell in love with Camilla really.
Their affair began that lasted a year. Later, Debussy wrote to his friend Hubert Robert Godet: "She would never agree to give someone the whole soul, her heart always went invulnerable from any test of strength ... I am crying for their loss." In Debussy's until his death kept Kamillin "Waltz".

... Someone started a rumor in the city that the author of works of Camilla's not her, and Rodin. A woman came into a frenzy when he heard that. At that time, she became a real recluse. In 1895, Camille Claudel presented his work "Gossip", which immediately called a masterpiece. At the same time everyone saw the "mature age" terribly angered by Rodin. It depicts three figures: an old woman, who holds a man, but to him stretching out her hands on his knees, a young woman. Composition seemed autobiographical, and he did not want his gibbet.
Camilla often served portraits to order. She did not like it, it offishness began to deteriorate, besides all the money Camilla go into action, marble, its ruined. For something to eat, she anonymously lepila ashtrays. We Camilla then came obsession universal conspiracy against her. It seemed that only Roden and trying that to steal her ideas, wants to leave her without means, while he earned a former assistant state! To her nothing was stolen, Camilla often break their sculptures.

Its "mature age" in 1900 did not have World's Fair. Then her little support to what he had to prepare for his own exhibition. All bohemians gathered to evaluate its success was resounding. Not been without scandal. Recluse Camilla greeted visitors, whiten face and daubed with red blush, like a scarecrow.
Paul did not come, he was not involved in its problems, and his own family. His father died, who until recently was trying to maintain it. Immediately after his death, his mother and Paul was sent for Camilla nurses almshouses for the mentally ill, who found Camille to bed, emaciated and real estate. From the clinic, she wrote desperate letters to the mother so that she took her, but her mother did not answer. When in a state Camilla began to improve, doctors told her family that the patient can take home. But Louise Claudel was categorically against it. Brother Paul visited her occasionally visited an old friend Jesse.
It is said that Rodin was shocked by the state of Camilla. In 1917, after 52 years of marriage, he married Rose, who just three weeks after the wedding has died. In the same year he died himself a sculptor at the age of 77 years.

In the clinic Camilla reported the death of the once beloved. It long remained in hysterics. Camilla lived until 1943, spent his last years in the clinic. Tomb it destroyed. The remaining 90 sculptures, which are scattered in private collections, but in the Rodin Museum is a room with her work. Affair Rodin and Camille was the basis for the play Ibsen's When We Dead Awaken. " In the 80 years of XX century was filmed, in which Depardieu played Rodin, and Camille - Isabelle Adjani. He was later created a musical explanation of the events of her life.