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Camille Claudel. By Susana Figueiredo. Childhood. Camille Rosalie Claudel was born December 8, 1864, in the French province of Fère-en-Tardenois. She started sculpting by the age of 12.
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Camille Claudel By Susana Figueiredo
Childhood • Camille Rosalie Claudel was born December 8, 1864, in the French province of Fère-en-Tardenois.
She started sculpting by the age of 12. Camille was the oldest daughter; Henri was the oldest, but died in infancy. Louise was born in 1866 and then Paul. Childhood cont…... • Camille Claudel at 14
Son frère, Paul Claudel, était un poète bien connu. • Paul CLAUDEL (1868-1955) • Far-right-wing poet and diplomat who ensured that Camille be buried in a common grave for paupers despite the family's great wealth. • Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur
Auguste Rodin ca. 1886 In 1883 Claudel meets Rodin and they become lovers. After a tumultuous 6-year affair with Rodin, she leaves him. According to most biographers, Rodin continued to support Claudel’s artistic endevors long after they parted ways. He reportedly never got over his love for Claudel, though he was never faithful to her or any of his other women. Meets Auguste Rodin
Unanswered questions • Biographer Ayral-Clause, who wrote Camille Claudel: A Life notes that much of the correspondence between Claudel and Rodin and Claudel and her father was either destroyed or is still hidden away. Even less explored are mysterious and apparently unfounded claims by some of Claudel's friends that Claudel had several children by Rodin.
Insanity or Society?? • Camille Claudel was institutionalized in 1906 to Ville-Evrard Asylum in Montfavel, by her family • A year later, she was moved to the Montdevergues Asylum near Avignon as part of a wartime evacuation • Her mother and sister never visited her during the 30 years that she remained at the Montdevergues Asylum • She wished and requested in a letter to her brother Paul, to return to her family home, Villeneuve in 1927, where she was very found of --- her request was denied by her family
Her final years Camille Claudel died in Montdevergues Asylumin 1943. *Claudel at Montdevergues Asylum, 1929 *With Jessie Elborne *At work on her plater in 1886
Recognition • Collège Camille Claudel http://perso.wanadoo.fr/college.claudel.chevigny/
Recognition cont…. • Lycée Camille Claudel http://www.cite-scolairedigoin.com/accueil.htm
Recognition cont…. • Camille Claudel Gymnasiums (High School). Located in Berlin, Germany. http://www.camille-claudel-gymnasium.de/hp/index.php • Camille Claudel Musical-An oroginal musical by Nan Knighton http://www.frankwildhorn.com/projects/camille/ *The world-premiere production was presented by Goodspeed Musicals at their Norma Terris Theater in Chester CT. The staging took place from Aug. 14 to Sept. 7, 2003 *Currently there are plans to bring the musical to Broadway.
*Her work 1889 The Prayer (Psalm)1891-1893 The Waltz1898 Little Girl with Doves1900 The Implorer *(See Notes in “Normal View”)
Work Cited • “Some Beautiful (If Tortured) Works of Camille Claudel.“ Jan. 14, 2004. http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~loui/camille.html • “CamilleClaudel.net.” 2000-2003. April 26, 2004. http://www.camilleclaudel.net/ • frenchculture.org. April 27, 2004. April 28, 2004. http://www.frenchculture.org/books/release/art/ayralcl audel.html • Brokaw, Leslie. “Abandoned Genius” The Women's Review of Books!October, 2002. April 24, 2004 http://www.wellesley.edu/womensreview/archive/2002/10/highlt.html
Work Cited cont… • Review Centre.com. Feb. 11, 2004. April 28, 2004. http://www.reviewcentre.com/review63377.html • “Camille Claudel.” Difficult Women. Feb. 1, 2004. May 3, 2004. http://www.starnet.com.au/dwomen/claudel.html • Collège Camille Claudel. May 3, 2004. Jan. 14, 2004. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/college.claudel.chevigny/ • Lycée Camille Claudel. March 26, 2004. Jan. 14, 2004. http://www.cite-scolairedigoin.com/accueil.htm • Camille Claudel Gymnasiums. May 3, 2004. Jan. 14, 2004. http://www.camille-claudel- gymnasium.de/hp/index.php • Camille Claudel Musical. May 3, 2004. Jan. 14, 2004. http://www.frankwildhorn.com/projects/camille/ • Shapplin, Emma. “Spente Le Stelle” (performance/song)