SCULPTOR

Camille Claudel

1864 - 1943

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Camille Rosalie Claudel (French pronunciation: [kamij klodɛl] ; 8 December 1864 – 19 October 1943) was a French sculptor known for her figurative works in bronze and marble. She died in relative obscurity, but later gained recognition for the originality and quality of her work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Camille Claudel has received more than 1,675,751 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Camille Claudel is the 7th most popular sculptor (up from 8th in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from France (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Sculptor.

Camille Claudel was a French sculptor, and one of the few female sculptors of the 19th century. Her most famous work is a bust of her sister, Rose.

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  • 2.63

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Camille Claudel ranks 7 out of 258. Before her are Auguste Rodin, Phidias, Myron, Praxiteles, Benvenuto Cellini, and Polykleitos. After her are Lorenzo Ghiberti, Alberto Giacometti, Lysippos, Antonio Canova, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Camille Claudel ranks 7. Before her are Max Weber, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Richard Strauss, Wilhelm Wien, Maurice Leblanc, and Alois Alzheimer. After her are Walther Nernst, Hermann Minkowski, Eleftherios Venizelos, Princess Stéphanie of Belgium, Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, and Miguel de Unamuno. Among people deceased in 1943, Camille Claudel ranks 8. Before her are Sergei Rachmaninoff, David Hilbert, Isoroku Yamamoto, Pieter Zeeman, Simone Weil, and Karl Landsteiner. After her are Henrik Pontoppidan, Boris III of Bulgaria, Theodor Eicke, Sophie Scholl, Henri La Fontaine, and Yakov Dzhugashvili.

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In France

Among people born in France, Camille Claudel ranks 271 out of 6,770. Before her are Henry I of France (1008), Charles I of Anjou (1226), Frédéric Passy (1822), Charles Gounod (1818), Pierre Corneille (1606), and Nicéphore Niépce (1765). After her are Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Olympe de Gouges (1748), Arsène Wenger (1949), Francis Picabia (1879), Vincent de Paul (1581), and Prosper Mérimée (1803).

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Among SCULPTORS In France

Among sculptors born in France, Camille Claudel ranks 2. Before her are Auguste Rodin (1840). After her are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834), Giambologna (1529), Marie Tussaud (1761), Paul Landowski (1875), Rosa Bonheur (1822), Antoine Bourdelle (1861), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741), Louise Bourgeois (1911), François Rude (1784), and Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716).

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