Paul Claudel was a French poet, dramatist and diplomat, and the younger brother of the sculptor Camille Claudel. He was most famous for his verse dramas, which often convey his devout Catholicism.
Paul Claudel
Paul Claudel, age sixteen, by his sister, Camille Claudel, modeled in 1884 and cast in 1893
Cover of Time Magazine (21 March 1927)
The château of Brangues, 2009 photograph
Camille Rosalie Claudel was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. The subject of several biographies and films, Claudel is well known for her sculptures including The Waltz and The Mature Age.
Claudel sometime before 1883
Camille Claudel (left) and sculptor Jessie Lipscomb in their Paris studio in the mid-1880s
The Waltz, conceived in 1889 and cast in 1905
The Mature Age, 1913 bronze casting in the Claudel room at the Musée Rodin in Paris. (The figure standing behind, ensnared in her own hair, is Clotho, 1893)