Camille
Claudel
Born in Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne, France
Ancestors 
Daughter of Louis Prosper Claudel
and Louise Athanaïse Cécile Cerveaux
Sister of
Charles Henri Claudel, Louise Jeanne Elizabeth Claudel and Paul Louis Charles Marie Claudel
Died
at age 78
in Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Biography
Camille Claudel is Notable.
Camille Claudel was a French sculptor and graphic artist.[1] Her sculpture was figurative and done in bronze and marble.
Camille was born on December 8, 1864, in Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Her father and mother were Louis Prosper Claudel (1826-1913) and Louise Athanaïse Cécile Cerveaux (1840-1929). The diplomat and poet Paul Louis Charles Marie Claudel (1868-1955) was her younger brother.[2]
Camille Claudel had two famous sculptors as mentors. Her first mentor was Alfred Boucher. Her second mentor was François-Auguste-René Rodin (1840-1917). Camille and Rodin became lovers.
After 1905 Camille began to show symptoms of mental illness and was diagnosed as having schizophrenia. She was admitted to the psychiatric hospital of Ville-Évrard in Neuilly-sur-Marne. Unfortunately she spent the next thirty years hospitalized and died in psychiatric custody. Her family had been told she was well enough to live in the family home but her mother refused to take her home.
She did not marry or have children.
Camille Claudel died at the age of seventy-eight years on October 19, 1943, in the Montdevergues asylum in Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. At her death she was buried in a mass grave. Later a cenotaph was erected in the Montfavet cemetery in Avignon and an In Memoriam plaque was affixed near her parents' grave in the cemetery of Villeneuve-sur-Fère.[3][4]
Her work was rediscovered in the second half of the twentieth century. A film called Camille Claudel staring Isabelle Adjani as Camille was dedicated to her in 1988. The film received numerous awards at the Césars and two Oscar nominations.[5]
Biographie
Camille est née le 8 décembre 1864 à Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France. Son père et sa mère étaient Louis Prosper Claudel et Louise Athanaïse Cécile Cerveaux. Le diplomate et poète Paul Louis Charles Marie Claudel (1868-1955) était son frère cadet.
Camille Claudel est une sculptrice et graphiste française. Son travail était figuratif et réalisé en bronze et en marbre. Elle était une des collaboratrices d'Auguste Rodin. Sa carrière aura été courte puisqu'elle est interné en 1913 et pendant le reste de sa vie en asile psychiatrique. Elle ne s'est pas mariée et n'a pas eu d'enfants.
Camille Claudel est décédée à l'âge de 78 ans le 19 octobre 1943 à l'asile psychiatrique de Montdevergues à Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Elle a été enterrée dans une fosse commune, mais un cénotaphe a été érigé dans le cimetière de Montfavet à Avignon. Une plaque In Memoriam a été apposé près de la tombe de ses parents dans le cimetière de Villeneuve-sur-Fère.
Son travail est redécouvert dans la seconde moitiée du XXe siècle. Un film éponyme lui est consacré en 1988 et obtient de nombreuses récompenses aux Césars et deux nominations aux Oscars.
Sources
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Musée Camille Claudel," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mus%C3%A9e_Camille_Claudel&oldid=1034702616 (accessed July 24, 2021).
- ↑ AD 02 Aisne (Acte de naissance) NMD Fère-en-Tardenois 5Mi1158 1863-1871 vue 88/476
- ↑ Cénotaphe au cimetière de Montfavet - Geneanet - Cimetières
- ↑ In Memoriam au cimetière de Villeneuve-sur-Fère - Geneanet - Cimetières
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Camille Claudel (film)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camille_Claudel_(film)&oldid=1023749147 (accessed July 24, 2021)
- Wikipedia contributors, "Camille Claudel," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Camille_Claudel&oldid=1034054099 (accessed July 24, 2021).
- Wikidata: Item Q120582, en:Wikipedia
- See also:
- Short Biography of Sculptor Camille Claudel, YouTube video by mikeityike, [1].
- Camille Claudel at The Art Story, [2]
- Camille Claudel at Musée Rodin, [3]
- Camille Claudel at Daily Art Magazine, [4]
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