Emerson Bowyer on Camille Claudel

The Great Women Artists

Katy Hessel

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4.8 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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I am so excited to say that my guest on today’s podcast is the esteemed curator and writer, Emerson Bowyer. Currently the Searle Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, at the Art Institute of Chicago, Emerson is a specialist in 18th- and 19th-century French and British art. He has worked at New York’s Frick Collection, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where his highly-acclaimed curated exhibitions have spanned the spectrum of sculpture, such as 19th century artist Canova to, more recently, the artist we are very excitingly discussing today, the trailblazing, Camille Claudel. …which was staged at the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty in LA, as the first major exhibition dedicated to the artist in the US for 35 years. https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/claudel/index.html https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9714/camille-claudel Born in France in 1864, Claudel has been hailed for her meticulously rendered and intensely passionate works of mythological and real figures. Hand-carving marble, she defied not just her gender, but the possibilities of sculpture itself – with her intimate and skillful portrayals of human bodies and reworkings of classical tales from a distinctly female perspective. Yet, despite having one of the most extraordinary careers in art history, it took until four decades until after her death, in the 1980s for her work to be properly appreciated, and until now – thanks to people like Emerson – who put her work on the world’s stage for all to see. And I cannot wait to find out more! For extra reading, please check out Rachel Corbett's fantastic book, You Must Change Your Life: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/you-must-change-your-life-rachel-corbett/1123447512?ean=9780393354928 -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.famm.com/en/ https://www.instagram.com/famm_mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome back to the Great Women Artists podcast. Just before we get to today's
0:06.5	episode, I am so excited to say that this series is again supported by the Levitt Collection,
0:11.6	a vast and varied art collection of which a major and ever-increasing portion is dedicated to works
0:18.3	by women artists. Today, there are over 600 works by women artists in the
0:23.3	collection. After publishing the must-have book, Abstract Expressionists, the Women in 2023,
0:29.4	Christian Levitt went on to open on the 21st of June this year, FAMM, the first private museum in Europe,
0:36.5	entirely dedicated to women artists.
0:39.5	Located in Mujan, Nican in the south of France, this newly transformed space
0:44.6	features a stunning collection of over 100 masterpieces by many of the leading female artists
0:50.6	from Impressionism to Contemporary.
0:52.8	The impressive exhibition of paintings,
0:55.7	sculptures, photographs and more from the Levitt Collection highlights the creative brilliance
1:00.4	of women who have played pivotal roles in shaping some of the major artistic movements
1:05.5	of the modern period. It's only 30 minutes from Nice Airport, FAMM, which stands for female artists of the Mujan Museum, is open every day and for further information and bookings, please visit www.fam.com.
1:20.6	I hope you enjoy this episode.
1:26.6	Hello everyone and welcome to the Great Women Artist podcast with me, Katie Hessel.
1:32.8	Some of you might know me from The Great Women Artists, an Instagram account I set up in October 2015,
1:38.4	which celebrates female artists on a daily basis, ranging from young graduates to old masters.
1:44.6	Well, in a similar fashion to the Instagram, this podcast is all about celebrating female
1:49.7	artists from a variety of backgrounds and histories. And I am so excited to be interviewing
1:55.1	artists on their career or artists, writers, curators or general art lovers on the women
2:00.3	artist who means most of them.
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