RODIN AND CAMILLE CLAUDEL

DALE CRUM

RODIN AND CAMILLE CLAUDEL

SORDID TALE by Dale Crum:
As one traverses the sordid tales of the masters of the arts and the plight of the muse—-me thinks it near the impossible quest to unearth one of more grievous consequence than that of Aguste Rodin and Camille Claudel.

The voracious master sculptor was 46 years old and the voluptuous, enamored muse was a meager 22. Her sienna chocolate eyes were utterly, obsessively charmed by his creative prowess--and his will to conquer both every subject and model alike. She was forthwith succumbing to his eye and hand—their scandalous affair left her young and precious body, tender heart, suffering soul, incomparable talent and brilliant mind absolutely incinerated.

His all consuming passionate furnace so seared her young lover’s heart unto beguiling insanities. Bit by precious bit of her own creative genius was recklessly crushed by Rodin’s oppressive nature, as well as his foray of relentless affairs.
Following a vast span of 15 tumultuous years the totality of her annihilated fragile mind; supplanting all reason and logic—-culminating in barely animalistic spontaneous effect.

Camille Claudel spent her last tortured 13 years without the wit to create a thing—-in the dank confines of a tormenting asylum.

I created this 16×20 inch Acrylic Painting on Canvas in hopes to cause all to pause—-and to Think on this.

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RODIN AND CAMILLE CLAUDEL by DALE CRUM
RODIN AND CAMILLE CLAUDEL by DALE CRUM
  • raymondo

    raymondo

    WOW..Nice work….........FANTASTIC…........

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thanks BB seeeeeee I can paint OUTSIDE the computer too LOL!
    I was doing this all my life but only got my very first computer in 1993

  • RavenSoul

    RavenSoul

    This is wonderful!

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thank You Vonne I hope everybody reads my words too--in fact I was going to write a Movie about this-and MAN!
    I just watched one a few days ago made in France on Ovation TV    -it was 4 hours loooooong-and you have to read the whole thing-I was cross-eyed by the time it was over. LOL! But—it was AWESOME!

  • Patricia Anne McCarty

    Patricia Anne ...

    This is just kick ass work no two ways about it, well done my friend

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Now don’t you hold back Oh Iggy Queen LOL!!
    I’m glad you took the time to check it out—-and to DIG IT!
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
    D

  • saseoche

    saseoche

    This is a wonderful work and amazing art…...

  • DALE CRUM replied

    THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!

  • AnitaInverarity

    AnitaInverarity

    Great work !!! The story has all the making of a great movie I think x

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thank Sweetnita--I could still do one—but I’m thinking about doing a modern take from some of my own artist model crashes LOL!

  • Rosemaree

    Rosemaree

    Terrific Dale… The text was rivitiing… It makes one wonder the fate of other ‘model’ of the great masters, and how many of them had their own talent quashed and their hearts broken…

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thanks--yes this story has haunted my heart for years—I know their are many, many more

  • darkestartist

    darkestartist

    this is simply exquisite work. lovely!

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thank you DA! I believe there is a profound message and challenge within the true and tragic tale I have told here in both art—-and in my words. Thanks for seeing and feeling it.

  • darkestartist

    darkestartist

    you’re very welcome! you earned a feature, Dale. Keep up the fantastic work :)

  • DALE CRUM replied

    THANK YOU for the FEATURE in the
    ACRYLIC PAINTING GROUP! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

  • darkestartist

    darkestartist

    you’re very welcome :) love this piece!

  • Clare Colins

    Clare Colins

    Fantastic…brilliant..well done :)

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thanks CC glad you like it!

  • Tahnja

    Tahnja

    wow my friend, this is absolutely artistically sublime work. So glad to have found you

  • DALE CRUM replied

    THANK YOU--You have Made My Day!
    I worked reallllllllly hard on this one    —and the story means so much to me.

  • dmcart

    dmcart

    I read the words…. Definitely I have to see the movie and read more about her…. I was inspired by some quotes of hers to make some works of mine ( The Tower and I see… )
    Great painting you did!

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thanks I am glad to hear that you know of this wonderfully tragic story and Camille’s artwork is surpassed by none.
    And I will go see your pieces again.

  • Heather Rinehart

    Heather Rinehart

    A powerful piece. Nicely done.

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thank You Heather! Glad you came by for a peek

  • Paul Ramnora

    Paul Ramnora

    Rodin, is one of my favourite sculptors of all time to come. WONDERFUL WORK! ;-)

  • DALE CRUM replied

    Thanks for the comment…and I agree…he was the Great Master of the human form.

  • Delphine de Noire

    Delphine de Noire

    Beautiful…Haunting…Poignant…
    Thankyou Dale for championing such a Beautiful, Talented and much maligned Woman and Artist in her own right…

    Medusa x

  • DALE CRUM replied

    THANK YOU MEDUSA!!!
    Yes…without Camille we would have seen a lot less finished pieces from Rodin…and she was in truth a key element of his fame…and yet destroyed by this very same man… I hate what happened to her…and thus my powerful stand on her silenced behalf. History always has a way of changing certain truths.

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