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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
10 min read
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.

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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Patrons
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