Camille Claudel

Emerson Bowyer, Anne-Lise Desmas

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J. Paul Getty Museum
07 November 2023

Sculpture

Camille Claudel (1864–1943) was among the most daring and visionary sculptors of the late nineteenth century. Although much attention has been paid to her tumultuous life—her affair with her mentor, Auguste Rodin; the premature end to her career; her thirty-year institutionalization in an asylum—her art remains little known outside of France. Memorably praised by critic Octave Mirbeau in 1895 as “a revolt of nature: a woman of genius,” Claudel was celebrated for her brilliance during a time when female woman sculptors were rare.

Featuring more than two hundred photographs along with contributions from leading experts, this publication accompanies the first comprehensive survey of Claudel’s oeuvre in nearly forty years. With essays exploring the many facets of her life, work, and reception; a biography; commentary by American sculptor Kiki Smith; and a fascinating appendix of documents written by Claudel and her contemporaries, this volume reevaluates the artist’s work on its own merits and repositions her legacy within a more complex genealogy of modernism.

Edited by: Emerson Bowyer, Anne-Lise Desmas
Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 273mm, Width: 241mm,
ISBN: 9781606068700
ISBN 10: 1606068709
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 07 November 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emerson Bowyer is Searle Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Anne-Lise Desmas is senior curator and head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Reviews for Camille Claudel

"""Superb.""--Christopher Knight ""Los Angeles Times"" (4/17/2024 12:00:00 AM) ""In the catalogue, Bowyer and Desmas lament the ways in which the 'biographical miasma, ' that is, 'the sensationalist and melodramatic tales of doomed romance, victimhood, and madness' around Claudel, have 'tended to obscure--or even excise--the sculptor's art and agency.' The point is well-taken. But it's not easy to tiptoe around the Claudel 'miasma' without ignoring the truth.""--Sebastian Smee ""The Washington Post"" (11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM)"