Camille Claudel & Bernhard Hoetger: emancipation from Rodin

Abstract

"An exhibition in 1905 at the Paris gallery of Eugène Blot celebrated two aspiring artistic talents: Camille Claudel (1864-1943) and Bernhard Hoetger (1874-1949). Common to both sculptors was the endeavour to gain creative recognition by pulling away from the master of French sculpture, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917). In Paris, the cradle of Modernism, both this Frenchwoman and the German ten years her junior developed an artistic vitality that drew international acclaim at the time and continues to resonate today"--From page [4] of cover. "For the first time since 1905, an exhibition reunites the works of two artists whose biographical and creative paths crossed several times in Paris"--Excerpted from page 10.

Contents

Forewords -- Acknowledgments -- The allure of Rodin -- Foreigners forging art careers : German sculptors in Paris, 1871 to 1914 / Sandrine Dequin -- Claudel and Rodin : forms and consequences of artistic cooperation / Sintje Guericke -- Emancipation and forging a path : Galerie Blot provides an opportunity -- Eugène Blot : from manufacturer to gallerist / Eve Turbat and Élisabeth Lebon -- In defence of independence : Camille Claudel and Bernhard Hoetger in the writings of Louis Vauxcelles / Camille Philippon -- Patrons, collectors : the Franco-German cultural transfer -- Impressionist sculpture : perspectives on a blind spot in the Nationalgalerie's acquisition policy / Yvette Deseyve -- Un allemand à Paris : Bernhard Hoetger's impressionist beginnings / Frank Schmidt -- Women painters and sculptors : recognition and patronage -- Through the looking-glass of others : observations on the reception of Camille Claudel and Paula Modersohn-Becker / Henrike Hans.