NOGENT-SUR-SEINE, France — After a losing battle with both mental illness and institutionalized sexism, one of the greatest French sculptors of the 19th century died in obscurity. The reputation of ...

A notable similarity marks a subcategory of once woefully under-recognized female artists of the past. Their resolute endurance of trauma is proposed as a primary reason to reassess their work today.

Camille's father shielded and supported her throughout the first part of her career, despite her mother's profound disapproval of her daughter. After her father died, Camille's mother and brother, ...

A long-lost masterpiece by French artist Camille Claudel, The Age of Maturity (1898), has resurfaced after more than a century, selling for €3.6 million ($3.8 million) at a French auction house. The ...

The Musée Camille Claudel, a new museum dedicated to the sculptor Camille Claudel, opened yesterday in a small French town southeast of Paris, finally giving recognition to one of art history’s ...

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TODAY'S Google Doodle celebrates Camille Claudel on her 155th birthday. Here's what you need to know about the famous French sculptor. Camille Claudel was born in Fère-en-Tardenois, in northern France ...

The French sculptor Camille Claudel’s (1864-1943) masterpiece The Waltz, exhibited in different editions and mediums starting in 1893, shows two bodies so fluidly rendered that the artist Kiki Smith ...

Juliette Binoche stars in Bruno Dumont's disturbing portrayal of the French sculptress' days of confinement and quest for a normal life. By Jordan Mintzer Camille Claudel 1915 Still - H 2013 Despite ...

Eleven sculptures by the artist Camille Claudel, who was also Rodin’s muse and mistress, have gone on show at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris after six major French museums stepped in and acquired the ...

As its name implies, Bruno Dumont‘s “Camille Claudel 1915” captures a moment in time for the woman in question with tremendous precision. In a incredibly contained performance that ranks among the ...

A new museum reappraises the prodigious talent of Camille Claudel. A sculptor, and Rodin’s lover, Claudel’s career tragically ended with a 30-year confinement in a psychiatric hospital. WILLIAM COOK ...