<p>In this episode, Andreina and Gabriela learn more about the French sculptor <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://nmwa.org/art/artists/camille-claudel/">Camille Claudel</a> (1864-1943), through two films: <em>Camille Claudel </em>(1988) and <em>Camille Claudel 1915 </em>(2013).</p><p>An artistic prodigy from a very young age, Claudel gained recognition and acclaim as an artist during her lifetime. However, in the popular imagination, she is most often remembered as Auguste Rodin's lover.</p><p>Andreina and Gabriela discuss how Camille Claudel is portrayed in the two movies and how her dimension as a female artist and woman in a male-dominated art practice is conveyed: do the films give us a good sense of who she was as an artist?</p><p>Join us in this third episode of our series of discussions about artists and their art in film.</p><p><strong>Links and sources:</strong></p><p>Abstract of article “<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23674536/">Camille Claudel: trajectory of a psychosis</a>”</p><p>The Art Institute of Chicago: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/C2zZe47xXRU?feature=shared">Member Lecture: Camille Claudel</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.artic.edu/articles/1069/camille-claudel-through-five-works">Camille Claudel through Five Works</a></p><p>Camille Claudel<em>, </em><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.musee-rodin.fr/en/resources/rodin-and-artists/camille-claudel#group_1667"><em>Bust of Rodin</em></a></p><p>August Rodin, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://rodinmuseum.org/collection/object/103422"><em>Thought (Camille Claudel)</em></a></p>
