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The Burghers of Calais. Rodin again courted controversy, though less so, with his creation of, The Burghers of Calais. The city of Calais commissioned the work to commemorate the sacrifice of six of the town’s elders during the Hundred Years …

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Camille. The great passionate affair I mentioned in the previous post began with the arrival at his studio of 20-year-old Camille Claudel. Claudel was an aspiring sculptor who had studied privately with Rodin’s friend Alfred Boucher because the École des …

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The tour ended in the Cour Napoléon, we tipped our guide, and standing at the edge of the Tuilleries Garden on a beautiful – if somewhat warm – Sunday afternoon Pat and I decided that if we were going to …