The Age of Maturity

This piece made by Claudel lover and assistant of Rodin, was originally commissioned by the French State. The woman learned and has been influenced in her art by the sculptor Rodin. Their intricate love story and relationship started when Camille became her student in 1884 and ended in 1898 when Rodin refused to marry her and she opened her own art studio. The sculpture presents three naked figures with swirling drapes. It represents ageing or also a reflection of Camille and Rodin relationship: a woman on her knees who just released a hand of the second figure, a man being drawn away by an other woman embracing him. This can be seen as the man leaving youth and approaching maturity or as a reflection of the artist's relationship with her lover and teacher Rodin.这件作品由罗丹（Rodin）的情人兼助手卡米尔·克劳岱尔（Camille Claudel）创作，最初由法国国家委托定制。这位艺术家的艺术创作深受雕塑家罗丹的熏陶与影响。二人错综复杂的爱恋与师徒牵绊始于1884年卡米尔成为其学生之际，终于1898年——彼时罗丹拒绝迎娶她，卡米尔遂开设了个人艺术工作室。该雕塑呈现了三位裸体人物与流转缠绕的衣褶造型，其内涵既可以指向衰老的主题，亦可映射卡米尔与罗丹的情感关系：一位跪地的女性刚刚松开了第二位人物的手，一名男子正被另一位拥抱着他的女性牵引离去。这件作品既可被解读为男子告别青春、走向成熟的隐喻，亦可视为这位艺术家与其情人兼导师罗丹之间关系的生动写照。