camille
claudel - biography (7)
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1903
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Since this year, she exhibits either at the Salon des Artistes Français
(S.A.F.) or at the Salon d'Automne.
S.A.F.: 'L'Age mûr', bronze, belonging to captain Tissier. Some
critical comments are resentful, like the comment of Gabrielle Réval in the
feminist journal Fémina, and they still reproach her "addiction" to
Rodin's style.
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1904
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She meets Henry Asselin.
Salon d'Automne: 'La Fortune', bronze, a variation of 'La Valse'. Edition of 50 samples in bronze by Blot. Blot also
issues 'La Joueuse de flûte'.
After a long phase of permanent critique by the public and by her family about her way
of living for her passion, she is now tormented with heavy doubt about her
decision: "S’il était encore temps de changer de corporation je préférais cela. J’aurais mieux fait de m’acheter de belles robes et de beaux chapeaux […] que de me livrer à ma
passion."
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1905
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Paul Claudel returns from China in April. Two months later, he stays at
Eaux-Chaudes with his sister Louise and writes 'Camille Claudel statuaire'.
In August, he publishes this article in L'Occident.
Camille and Paul are spending two weeks together in the Pyrénées, even though there are some fundamental tensions in their
relationship: Paul never accepted Camille's role as a woman sculptor.
Camille returns with outlines for a bust of Paul and stays at Villeneuve
during September. She executes the plaster 'Paul Claudel à trente-sept
ans'.
Paul Claudel works some time in November for Partage de midi.
4-16 December, exhibition of Camille together with Bernard Hoetger in the Gallery Eugène
Blot.
S.A.F.: Vertumne et Pomone, marble version of Sakountala commanded by the Comtesse de Maigret, and
'La Sirène' ['Joueuse de flûte']. This is the last year in which she participates at any salon.
Exhibiton and catalogue with 13 works in the Gallery Blot together with the colleague Bernhard
Hoetger. Different critics publish detailed articles and praise the show
as a great success for Camille Claudel. This acknowledgement does not change her bad mental
state, however.
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1906
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15 March Paul Claudel marries Reine Sainte-Marie Perrin
and departs to
China again.
'Niobide blessée', a variation of 'Sacountala', in plaster is puchased by the
state for 1,500 FF.
Camille shows first signs of isolation and neglection. Her friend Henri Asselin is afraid of her psychological crisis: "A partir de 1906, chaque été, Camille se mit à détruire systématiquement, à coups de marteau, toutes ses oeuvres de l’année. Ses deux ateliers offraient alors un spectactle lamentable de ruines et de dévastation."
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