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Camille Claudel (1864-1943): Camille Claudel's talents emerged from the time she was a child. When she was twelve her father, a well-to-do civil servant, brought her to Nogent-sur-Seine where her works were introduced to Alfred Boucher and Paul Dubois.Both men would become Claudel's teachers and mentors. With their help she was accepted into the Academie Colarossi.Boucher was to move to Italy and his students, including Claudel, were handed over to Rodin. It was during Claudel's years at Rodin's studio that the latter's output was at its highest.Claudel assisted Rodin in the production of masterpieces such as the Gates of Hell and the Burghers of Calais. In their fifteen-year relationship, where she was not only his student but his lover, model and artistic collaborator, Claudel was to refine her technique as well produce her own important pieces. After the end of their relationship, Claudel experienced numerous financial and psychological difficulties. She destroyed most of her work and suffered from depression and a persecution complex. She was institutionalized in 1913 by her family and was to spend the rest of her life in various mental institutions...

"The flute player" The little siren(1904)

The Prayer (1889)

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