Rodin Works: Bust of the Duchesse de choiseul |
In 1906, Rodin's friendship with the Duchesse turned into a love affair. She convinced him to buy a grammophone and hear music records. She obviously inspired Rodin, who felt like a younger man again und used to call her his 'Muse' , but she also tended to isolate him from his friends and showed great interest in his heritage.
In 1908, Rodin made her portrait. He stopped the working on the 'Bust of the Duchesse de Choiseul' before the hair was finished, so that a helmet-like formation emerges from the rough-hewn block.
Warned by Marcelle Tirel, Rodin broke his relationship with the Duchesse
in 1912, after their trip to Italy,
before the Duchesse managed to be appointed as his heiress; with support of Judith
Cladel, other money-oriented women were now kept away from Rodin, who
in his last years was weak and harmed.
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