Camille Claudel

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Camille Claudel

• By
• Susana Figueiredo

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Childhood

• Camille Rosalie Claudel was born December 8,
  1864, in the French province of Fère-en-Tardenois.

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Childhood cont...

• 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.

• Camille Claudel at 14

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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

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Meets Auguste Rodin

• 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 Claudels 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.

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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.

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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

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Her final years

• Camille Claudel died in Montdevergues Asylum in
  1943.
• Claudel at Montdevergues Asylum, 1929
  With Jessie Elborne At work on her
  plater in 1886

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Recognition

• Collège Camille Claudel
• http//perso.wanadoo.fr/college.claudel.chevigny/

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Recognition cont.

• Lycée Camille Claudel
• http//www.cite-scolairedigoin.com/accueil.htm

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Recognition cont.

• Camille Claudel Gymnasiums (High School).
• Located in Berlin, Germany.
• http//www.camille-claudel-gymnasium.de/hp/index.p
  hp
• 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.

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Her work

• 1889
• The Prayer (Psalm) 1891-1893
  The Waltz 1898
  Little
  Girl with Doves 1900
  
  The Implorer
• (See Notes in Normal View)

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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/ay
  ralcl
• 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

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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.che
  vigny/
• 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/camil
  le/
• Shapplin, Emma. Spente Le Stelle
  (performance/song)