Who was Camille Claudel?
Camille Claudel (December 8, 1864 – October 19, 1943) was a French sculptor and graphic artist. She was the older sister of the French poet and diplomat, Paul Claudel. http://en.wikipedia.
Camille Claudel was one of the most gifted sculptors working in fin de sicle Paris. In spite of the fact that as a woman she confronted many obstacles to success as a professional artist, Claudel produced important works which brought her critical, if not financial, success. Emotional difficulties (many of which related to her relationship with Auguste Rodin) and obstacles which stood in her professional path, made it impossible for Claudel to make a success of her career as a sculptor. Her mental health declined, and iClaudel was eventually committed to a mental asylum where she remained for 30 years. Claudels art remained largely unknown outside of France until the 1980s when two major retrospective introduced her sculpture with great success to the public. Summary Nuyttens film focuses on Claudels years in Paris. In this period she was a student and atelier assistant to Rodin and later worked independently. In time Claudel and Rodin became lovers and this relationship is the central
