Camille Claudel was a French sculptor. Although she died in relative obscurity, Claudel has gained recognition for the originality of her work. She was the elder sister of the poet and diplomat Paul Claudel and the co-worker and lover of sculptor Auguste Rodin.
The national Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine opened in 2017, and the Musée Rodin in Paris has a room dedicated to Claudel's works.
“There is always something missing that torments me.”
Il y a toujours quelque chose d’absent qui me tourmente.
Letter (1886) to Auguste Rodin, quoted on a plaque at 19 Quai de Bourbon, Paris, where Claudel lived and worked from 1899 to 1913
