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Women Around Rodin: Models, Patrons, Artists

From models to patrons and artists, the women in Rodin’s circle shaped the studio’s output and afterlife.

11/2/2025
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Archival photo collage hinting at women in Rodin’s circle

Women sustained and shaped Rodin’s world—in front of the clay and behind the scenes.


Roles and Impacts

  • Models contributed ideas of gesture and balance.
  • Patrons commissioned bold works and defended them.
  • Artists (like Claudel) pushed the language forward.
Role Impact
Model Gesture intelligence
Patron Public presence
Artist Innovation

Credit circulates; sculpture is a social art.

Read labels—names surface and stories multiply.

Over de auteur

Social Historian

Social Historian

Als kunstliefhebber en Parijse flâneur schreef ik deze gids om je Rodins wereld te laten ‘voelen’ — van de kracht van klei tot de stille glans van marmer.

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