portraits. Photography The Musée Rodin preserves an important collection of 25,000 photographs. Among these, 7,000 were collected by Rodin himself. The artist showed indeed a great interest for this science and art, and he has collaborated with many photographers, such as Eugène Druet, Jacques-Ernest Bulloz, Adolphe Braun or Edward Steichen. Subjects and themes are varied, Rodin's personal albums attest to his centres of interest and artistic sources, while the portraits and newspaper photographs illustrate his work and his life. Above all, these photographs are a great source to learn what happened in the studio between 1877 and Rodin's death, in 1917. Camille Claudel room The Camille Claudel room contains such Claudel works as the 1913 casting of The Mature Age (1898), The Wave (1897), The Waltz, Sakountala (1905), and an 1892 casting of Bust of Rodin (1888–89). Claudel, a student and model for Rodin, and soon his collaborator, associate, and lover, worked with Rodin from 1884 until the early 1890s. They kept in close contact until 1899. Rodin as a collector During the twenty last years of his life, as he was living in Meudon, Rodin started a collection of ancient works of art from Egypt, Greece and Rome, then later from the Far East. As the collection was growing, the different pieces invaded the studio and his house, replacing the casts after Antique statues. As Rodin's fame grew, the commissions he received enabled him to continue his collection, reaching over 6.000 works in 1917. In addition, Rodin's friendships and tastes led him to surrounding himself with works by the Naturalists (Théodule Ribot, Alfred Roll) and Symbolists (Eugène Carrière, Charles Cottet...). Through a series of exchanges made with his artists friends, Rodin owned works of art from Jules Dalou, Alexandre Falguière or Jean-Paul Laurens. He also realised important purchases: three Van Gogh's (including Père Tanguy, late 1887), Renoir's Nude in the Sunlight and Monet's Belle-Île. Temporary exhibitions Temporary exhibitions dedicated to Rodin La sculpture dans l’espace, Rodin, Brâncuși, Giacometti (November 2005–February 2006): visitors Rodin et les danseuses cambodgiennes, sa dernière passion (June 2006–September 2006): visitors Rodin, les figures d’Eros (November 2006–March 2007): visitors Camille Claudel, une femme, une artiste (April 2008–July 2008): visitors La Passion à l’œuvre, Rodin et Freud, collectionneurs (October 2008–February 2009) Corps et décors. Rodin et les arts décoratifs (April 2010–August 2010) Rodin. Laboratoire de la création (November 2014–September 2015) Contemporary art exhibitions Recently, contemporary art exhibitions