Is it possible for us to be perceived as original when the shadow of this inevitably more esteemed man falls so heavily across us?
Touching Camille
To me, Camille Claudel’s story represents in heartbreaking terms the problems faced by talented women who depend on recognition by a better-known man.
The Abandoned
An indication of the “treatment” they were given is shown in Lundy’s sketches of the medicine bottles she found: mercury cyanide, mercury chloride and tincture of belladonna (deadly nightshade.) The sketches are burnt into paper with a soldering iron.
Camille Claudel Lives Again
In the end, France comes to honoring its extraordinary women
Forgiving Myself Forgiving Ourselves
Artists use all the material our lives deliver to us–but the professional cost can be very high.