Camille Claudel, an old lady confined to the Assylum for the Insane, reviews her life. The book illuminates her childhood and the rise of her career in the setting of her ecstatic life with Rodin.
United States of America (Press Release) November 25, 2007 --
Born in 1864, Camille Claudel discovered the magic of sculpting as a child, & with her father's guidance & older artists as mentors, she matured into the most famous, & infamous, sculptress of her time. So much so, that 15 years after her death, when I was one of only two young maidens studying to be a sculptor at a London art school, the instructor daily cautioned us with tales about how sculpting was still “a man's world” & a very unladylike vocation, Barbara Hepworth, nothwithstanding.
Now remembered mostly as the Great Artist Auguste Rodin's muse & mistress, Camille Claudel's body of work has been overshadowed & forgotten. With this book, Dr. Bond has brought her back to life, complete with girlish voice, historical references, intense & enlightening insights into the world of sculpting, rivalries, art exhibits, government grants & show galleries, & a long look back to a life full of sound & fury, despair & glory.
Born in 1864, Camille Claudel discovered the magic of sculpting as a child, & with her father's guidance & older artists as mentors, she matured into the most famous, & infamous, sculptress of her time. So much so, that 15 years after her death, when I was one of only two young maidens studying to be a sculptor at a London art school, the instructor daily cautioned us with tales about how sculpting was still “a man's world” & a very unladylike vocation, Barbara Hepworth, nothwithstanding.
Now remembered mostly as the Great Artist Auguste Rodin's muse & mistress, Camille Claudel's body of work has been overshadowed & forgotten. With this book, Dr. Bond has brought her back to life, complete with girlish voice, historical references, intense & enlightening insights into the world of sculpting, rivalries, art exhibits, government grants & show galleries, & a long look back to a life full of sound & fury, despair & glory.
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