Camille Claudel, a noteworthy sculptor and graphic designer from France, was responsible for the creation of multiple fine works of art throughout her long career. Though she was relatively obscure as an artist during her life, she and her works would later gain recognition and notoriety after her death in 1943. This paper will analyze one of these works, La Fortune created 1902-1905. Through the analysis of this artwork, an understanding of Camille Claudel, her life, her art style, and the time that it was created will be established. La Fortune is a bronze sculpture with black platina which stands at 48cm (roughly 19 inches). The sculpture in its entirety is dark colored, but it has a glossy sheen that brightens up the image. The sculpture
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She was actually taught in the craft and heavily influenced by the famous artist Auguste Rodin, as she began working in his workshop early in her career. Claudel and Rodin were deeply entangled with each other artistically, professionally, and romantically. She became Rodin’s muse, model, confidante, and eventually entered an on-again off-again affair with him. Though they did eventually break apart for good after ending the romantic aspect of their relationship, and a fairly amicable friendship, Rodin had an undeniable influence on Claudel’s early art style and her …show more content…
This sculpture essentially exemplifies many of the characteristics of Claudel’s art style. It depicts a sensual human figure as the subject, and a lively one at that. She (the subject) is shown to be performing an unconcerned and unrestrained dance, seeming to almost be caught mid-movement, rather than static and still as one would expect from a sculpture. One could even think that the statue may actually move. It holds its own presence that seems to speak to the
She was actually taught in the craft and heavily influenced by the famous artist Auguste Rodin, as she began working in his workshop early in her career. Claudel and Rodin were deeply entangled with each other artistically, professionally, and romantically. She became Rodin’s muse, model, confidante, and eventually entered an on-again off-again affair with him. Though they did eventually break apart for good after ending the romantic aspect of their relationship, and a fairly amicable friendship, Rodin had an undeniable influence on Claudel’s early art style and her …show more content…
This sculpture essentially exemplifies many of the characteristics of Claudel’s art style. It depicts a sensual human figure as the subject, and a lively one at that. She (the subject) is shown to be performing an unconcerned and unrestrained dance, seeming to almost be caught mid-movement, rather than static and still as one would expect from a sculpture. One could even think that the statue may actually move. It holds its own presence that seems to speak to the