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Camille Rosalie Claudel ( French pronunciation: [kamij klodɛl] ⓘ; 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.
Talented from youth, inspired by nature, and captivated by love, Camille Claudel unlocked the emotive power of sculpture after centuries of its subtleties having been obliterated by excessive polishing and focus on technique.
Jan 8, 2021 · French artist Camille Claudel was an extraordinary female 19th-century sculptor who worked very closely with Auguste Rodin.
Camille Claudel (born December 8, 1864, Villeneuve-sur-Fère, France—died October 19, 1943, Montdevergues asylum, Montfavet, near Avignon) was a French sculptor of whose work little remains and who for many years was best known as the mistress and muse of Auguste Rodin.
Oct 10, 2023 · Young Roman (1882/83–87) Camille Claudel. The Art Institute of Chicago, through prior bequest of Joseph Winterbotham and purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor, Anne Searle Bent, and Celia and David Hilliard. Claudel began sculpting as a teenager living with her family outside Paris.
Oct 7, 2023 · The trailblazing French sculptor Camille Claudel (1864–1943) defied the social expectations of her time to pursue original and powerful explorations of the human form.
In July 1913, Camille Claudel, who was leading the life of a recluse in her studio on the Quai de Bourbon, was committed to the Ville-Evrard mental asylum, at her family’s request. She was transferred the following year to a psychiatric hospital in Montdevergues (Vaucluse), where she remained until her death in 1943.
Dec 6, 2023 · Camille Claudel, The Age of Maturity or Destiny, c. 1902, bronze group in three parts, 114 x 163 x .72 cm (Musée d’Orsay) Her masterpiece. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, we find an increasing number of women taking their place among the most progressive artists of their age.
After fading into oblivion, Camille Claudel is now recognised as one of the great artists of her time. She was born in 1864 in the Aisne region of France into a middle-class family and began modelling clay at a very young age, as a self-taught artist.
Camille Claudel, Rodin’s most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In this unforgettable bronze, which she modeled the year their contact ended, Claudel transforms into art the unendurable tensions between sex, love, and creative passion that characterized her relationship with Rodin.
