Camille ClaudelCamille Claudel
a Life
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Current format, Book, 2002, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsA carefully researched portrait of the life of the nineteenth-century French sculptor and an examination of her works are drawn from previously unpublished materials including family photographs, private letters, and medical records, in a volume that discusses her relationship with Auguste Rodin and the challenges she met as a woman.
Presents a portrait of the life of the nineteenth-century French sculptor, examines her works, and discusses her relationship with Auguste Rodin and the challenges she met as a woman.
Ayral-Clause (French, California Polytechnic State U.) draws on letters of friends and family as well as recently released medical documents to dispel some of the myths that have sprung up around the life of French sculptor Camille Claudel. She presents Claudel as a major figure in the late 19th-century Paris art world in which she struggled to overcome the obstacles facing women artists of the time. The final chapters detail her isolation from friends, family, and work during the last third of her life and answer lingering questions about the circumstances of her confinement. Contains 69 b&w reproduction of her works, as well as family photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Presents a portrait of the life of the nineteenth-century French sculptor, examines her works, and discusses her relationship with Auguste Rodin and the challenges she met as a woman.
Ayral-Clause (French, California Polytechnic State U.) draws on letters of friends and family as well as recently released medical documents to dispel some of the myths that have sprung up around the life of French sculptor Camille Claudel. She presents Claudel as a major figure in the late 19th-century Paris art world in which she struggled to overcome the obstacles facing women artists of the time. The final chapters detail her isolation from friends, family, and work during the last third of her life and answer lingering questions about the circumstances of her confinement. Contains 69 b&w reproduction of her works, as well as family photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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