Occupation: Sculptor Birth: December 8, 1864 Death: October 19, 1943
Send me one hundred francs on our future deals, otherwise I will disappear in a cataclysm..
When you left on Saturday, I felt a horrible void, I saw you everywhere, on the beach, in your room, in the garden: impossible for me to get used to ….
I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just ….
I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone..
I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never….
My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town..
I would prefer to have a more appealing job. If I could still change careers, I would prefer it. This unfortunate art is made for long beards and ugl….
I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to Bohemia some ordin….
I have had the problem of seeing my male model go to Italy and... stay there..
Madhouses are houses made on purpose to cause suffering . . . I cannot stand any longer the screams of these creatures..
I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have….
You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a ….
Last night, two men tried to force my shutters. I recognized them: they are two of Rodin's Italian models. He told them to kill me. I am in his way; ….
I have all sorts of problems and feel discouraged..
It is in fact agreed that I am the plague, the cholera of the benevolent and generous men who are interested in art and that, when I show myself with….
I am not feeling any better because I cannot stay in bed, having constant cause for walking. They say I leave at night by the window of my tower, han….
I have fallen into an abyss. I live in a world so curious, so strange. Of the dream that was my life, this is my nightmare..
I have been back in Paris for two weeks. Nothing new. Life is still bitter..
Don't fear anything for your letters, they are burnt one by one and I hope you do the same with mine..
Sir Rodin convinced my parents to have me committed; they are all in Paris to arrange it..
If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise..