Rose Beuret, born Marie Rose Beuret on 9 June, 1844 in Vecqueville (
Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeastern France. Named after the river Marne, its prefecture is Chaumont. In 2019, it had a population of 172,512. and died on 14 February, 1917 in
Meudon
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, was a French
seamstress
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and
laundress
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Description
As evidenced ...
, known to have been one of the muses and, for 53 years, the companion of
Auguste Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
, whom she married just weeks before her death in 1917.
Biography
Beuret was born to Scholastique Clausse and Etienne Beuret, a farmer and winemaker from
Haute-Marne
Haute-Marne (; English: Upper Marne) is a department in the Grand Est region of Northeastern France. Named after the river Marne, its prefecture is Chaumont. In 2019, it had a population of 172,512.
Rose Beuret was a reserved and shy woman. Rodin was a serious and hard-working man, rustic in his manners and as shy as herself. They moved in together and continued their work, he as a sculptor and she as a seamstress. Beuret took care of the household work and Rodin sometimes helped her sew on buttons. On Sundays, the young lovers took long walks in the woods and the countryside near Paris.
In 1893, Rodin moved with her to
Meudon
Meudon () is a municipality in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is in the département of Hauts-de-Seine. It is located from the center of Paris. The city is known for many historic monuments and some extraordinary trees. One of t ...
, at Scribe Road, in the House of Chiens-Loups.
Beuret gradually became Rodin's faithful companion. She assisted him in the projection and organization of his workshop and posed for him on several occasions. With her, Rodin approached the portraits of women. They had a son, Auguste-Eugène Beuret (1866-1934), whom the artist did not recognize. The son also served as a model for Rodin (''Mignon'', ''Bellone'', ''L 'Alsacienne'') and as a workshop boy. However, their relationship deteriorated during his career as a sculptor.
Despite Rodin having had numerous liaisons (
Camille Claudel
Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) 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 ...
,
Gwen John
Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although s ...
, and the American-born Duchesse de Choiseul, from 1907 to 1912), the two married on 29 January 1917 in Meudon, sixteen days before her death.
Beuret was Rodin's model several times, testifying to his stylistic evolution, from in 1865, still influenced by Carrier-Belleuse, ''Mignon'' in 1869–1870, then ''
Bellone
Bellone is a white Italian wine grape variety that wine historians believed was cultivated in Roman times. By 1990, nearly of the variety was still being cultivated and eligible to be blended in the wines of several Latium ''Denominazione di ori ...
'', executed in 1878 after his return from Belgium. She was also his subject for a 1898 mask.
Filmography
Danièle Lebrun
Danièle Lebrun (born 24 July 1937) is a French actress.
Theater
Filmography
References
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*
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1937 births
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French film actresses
French stage actresses
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plays Beuret in ''
Camille Claudel
Camille Rosalie Claudel (; 8 December 1864 19 October 1943) 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 ...
'' (1988).
Séverine Caneele
Séverine Caneele (born 10 May 1974) is a Belgian film actress. She won the award for Best Actress at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival for the film ''L'humanité''.
Filmography
* ''L'humanité
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portrays her in ''
Rodin
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ...
'' (2017)..
Gallery
Rodins mistress (8437831426).jpg, Jeune Fille au chapeau fleuri, 1865
File:Bellona, 1879, by Auguste Rodin 1840-1917. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.jpg, Bellone, 1879
Auguste Rodin - Rose Beuret.jpg, Rose Beuret bust, 1980
L52 - Musée Rodin - Masque de l'Alsacienne (Rose Beuret).JPG, Masque de L'Alsacienne, 1880–1882
Auguste_et_Rose_Beuret,Meudon,_1916.jpg, Beuret and Rodin in their Meudon garden, 1916