Showing posts with label Camille Claudel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Camille Claudel. Show all posts
Monday, June 15, 2026

Valentine's Day of the Dead (Part II) (Completed 6/16/26)

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A rosy Ace of Spades playing card with a 3 pence royal duty stamp - c. 1868 (?) - possibly designed by artist and architect Owen Jones ; pri...
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Monday, August 3, 2020

Once Possessed - The "Madness" of Vaslav Nijinsky

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Russian dancer Vaslav Nijinsky in his 1911 role as the "Rose Ghost" from the ballet " Le Spectre de la Rose ." (A...
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Monday, December 3, 2018

Qualifying Feminism: Empowerment and the Arts (Part III)

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"You've come a long way, baby." But, no, this is not a vintage ad for Virginia Slims. It's a (1896) self-portrait by...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Baudelaire, Rodin & the "Crouching Woman" (A Speculation)

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Detail of Je suis belle (I am beautiful) , a 1882 sculpture (plaster) by Auguste Rodin housed in  the Musée Rodin in Paris; it was o...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Camille Claudel, Lost... & Found

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Detail of L'abandon (or  Sakountala ) - bronze - 1905, Camille Claudel. "Camille Claudel died in a lunatic asylum in 1943...
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Monday, June 27, 2016

For the Love of Old Books (Part 2) - The Poètes Maudits & an Artiste Maudit

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(From left to right) Das törichte Herz - Vier Erzählungen (The Foolish Heart - A Collection of Essays) by Paul Zech , paperback,1925; Un...
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