In her early years, Camille Claudel was fascinated by sculpted portraits. She created practice models of family members including her brother, Paul, the youngest of her siblings, who went on to be a famous author and poet, and her younger sister, Louise, who married Ferdinand de Massary, a magistrate.
Camille shows us her sister's impetuous side by portraying her with her head held high and a determined look in her eyes. The terracotta allows her to create textural effects. The gentleness and roundness of the cheeks contrast with the meticulous work involved in sculpting the hair. Camille is giving her sister heroic status , even though she led a quiet life as a wife and mother.
She also created a heroic bust of Giganti. This sculpture has also been known as Tête de brigand (Head of a Bandit). And with good reason! Lookingat his face, you can tell this man is unscrupulous. He is even looking down on us! The model, whose full name has been lost over time, but who remains recognisable by his flat nose and large mouth, first worked with Rodin. All we know is that he was from Naples.
Although the models are polar opposites, Camille Claudel manages to give each a powerful three-dimensional rendering and a gaze as expressive as it is daring.
(Ref. Sc. 80 and Sc. 15)
In her early years, Camille Claudel was fascinated by sculpted portraits. She created practice models of family members including her brother, Paul, the youngest of her siblings, who went on to be a famous author and poet, and her younger sister, Louise, who married Ferdinand de Massary, a magistrate.
Camille shows us her sister's impetuous side by portraying her with her head held high and a determined look in her eyes. The terracotta allows her to create textural effects. The gentleness and roundness of the cheeks contrast with the meticulous work involved in sculpting the hair. Camille is giving her sister heroic status , even though she led a quiet life as a wife and mother.
She also created a heroic bust of Giganti. This sculpture has also been known as Tête de brigand (Head of a Bandit). And with good reason! Lookingat his face, you can tell this man is unscrupulous. He is even looking down on us! The model, whose full name has been lost over time, but who remains recognisable by his flat nose and large mouth, first worked with Rodin. All we know is that he was from Naples.
Although the models are polar opposites, Camille Claudel manages to give each a powerful three-dimensional rendering and a gaze as expressive as it is daring.
(Ref. Sc. 80 and Sc. 15)
