Camille Claudel

(French, 1864–1943)

Camille Claudel was French sculptor best known for her bronze and marble depictions of figures in a craggy yet sensuous style, reminiscent to those of her lover Auguste Rodin. In perhaps what is her most famous sculpture, La Valse (The Waltz) (1889-1905), Claudel elegantly depicts a dancing couple’s embrace, capturing the flowing movement of both figures. “I am scared, I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this?” she once asked. “Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible, one cannot imagine it.” Born on December 8, 1864 in Fère-en-Tardenois, France, she studied under Alfred Boucher at the Académie Colarossi, it was through Boucher that Claudel first met Rodin and embarked on their ill-fated love affair. Overcome with grief from her failed relationship with Rodin, she fell into a pattern of depression and was even institutionalized for a period of time. Later, however, she broke away from Rodin’s shadow and established her own reputation, with subject matter that focused on everyday life, particularly portraits of women. She died on October 19, 1943 in Montdevergues, France. Today, Claudel’s works are in the collections of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., and the Philadelphia Museum of Art among others.

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Camille Claudel Artworks

Camille Claudel (364 results)

L'implorante (Petit modèle), 1900

Camille Claudel

L'implorante (Petit modèle), 1900

Sale Date: June 24, 2014

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La valse, 1895

Camille Claudel

La valse, 1895

Sale Date: June 16, 2014

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The Thinker

After Camille Claudel

Sale Date: May 18, 2014

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L'implorante, 1894

Camille Claudel

L'implorante, 1894

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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L'abandon (Sakountala), 1898

Camille Claudel

L'abandon (Sakountala), 1898

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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La valse, 1895

Camille Claudel

La valse, 1895

Sale Date: May 7, 2014

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La petite châtelaine, version à la natte..., 1895

Camille Claudel

La petite châtelaine, version à la natte..., 1895

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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La valse, 1895

Camille Claudel

La valse, 1895

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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La sirène ou La joueuse de flûte, 1900–1905

Camille Claudel

La sirène ou La joueuse de flûte, 1900–1905

Sale Date: February 4, 2014

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La fortune, 1905

Camille Claudel

La fortune, 1905

Sale Date: December 2, 2013

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Les Causeuses

Camille Claudel

Les Causeuses

Sale Date: November 8, 2013

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La valse (Petit modèle), 1895

Camille Claudel

La valse (Petit modèle), 1895

Sale Date: November 7, 2013

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Homme aux bras croisés

Camille Claudel

Homme aux bras croisés

Sale Date: October 25, 2013

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La valse, première version, 1892

Camille Claudel

La valse, première version, 1892

Sale Date: June 19, 2013

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Diane, 1881

Camille Claudel

Sale Date: June 13, 2013

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Tête de vieille femme (study for Clotho)

Camille Claudel

Tête de vieille femme (study for Clotho)

Sale Date: May 27, 2013

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La Valse (Deuxième version), 1895

Camille Claudel

La Valse (Deuxième version), 1895

Sale Date: May 7, 2013

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L'Homme aux bras croisés

Camille Claudel

L'Homme aux bras croisés

Sale Date: March 29, 2013

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Tête de vieille femme

Camille Claudel

Tête de vieille femme

Sale Date: March 29, 2013

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Femme lisant une lettre ou Femme à sa toilette, 1897

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Femme lisant une lettre ou Femme à sa toilette, 1897

Sale Date: March 27, 2013

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L'abandon, 1886

Camille Claudel

L'abandon, 1886

Sale Date: February 6, 2013

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Torse de Clotho chauve

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Torse de Clotho chauve

Sale Date: December 19, 2012

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Étude pour la tête d'Hamadryade (study), 1908

Camille Claudel

Étude pour la tête d'Hamadryade (study), 1908

Sale Date: December 13, 2012

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L'Implorante, 1920

Camille Claudel

L'Implorante, 1920

Sale Date: December 12, 2012

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