Camille Claudel

Abstract

"This catalogue, accompanying exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago and the J. Paul Getty Museum, offers a comprehensive survey of the life and work of the French modernist sculptor Camille Claudel."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Camille Claudel : A Biographical Overview / Cécile Bertran -- The Education of Women Sculptors in Late-Nineteenth-Century Paris / Clarisse Fava-Piz -- Patrons and Supporters of Camille Claudel / Anne-Lise Desmas -- L'Étrangère : Camille Claudel and the United States / Emerson Bowyer -- The Body Knows as Much as the Soul / Kiki Smith -- Portraits / Anne-Lise Desmas -- In Rodin's Studio / Clarisse Fava-Piz -- Sakuntala in Three Acts / Chloé Ariot -- The Waltz, 1889-1905 / Franck Joubin -- Age of Maturity / Emerson Bowyer -- From Portrait to Allegory : Claudel's The Little Lady / Chloé M. Pelletier -- Sketches from Nature / Emerson Bowyer -- The Last Decade of Claudel's Career (1898-1908) / Anne-Lise Desmas -- Claudel and her Contemporaries : Letters, Reviews, and Other Documents.