How did Camille Claudel work with Auguste Rodin?

Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin began their professional and personal relationship around 1883, shortly after Claudel moved to Paris. Their collaboration was multifaceted, as Claudel served as Rodin’s student, model, mistress, and collaborator.12

While maintaining her own independent artistic practice, Claudel worked in Rodin’s studio, where she contributed to his major projects in a capacity similar to that of a typical studio assistant. She is believed to have created both whole figures and specific parts of figures for his works, most notably for his monumental project, The Gates of Hell.1

Their intense, often stormy personal and professional association lasted until approximately 1892, when their relationship began to deteriorate. By 1893, Claudel was living and working independently, though she maintained communication with Rodin until 1898.12