# Camille Claudel artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:37:00.892Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: French
- Common media: Bronze, Marble

## Portrait

![Camille Claudel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Camille_nette.jpg/1280px-Camille_nette.jpg)
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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camille_nette.jpg

## About Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel (1864–1943) was a French sculptor whose reputation rests principally on figurative work in bronze and marble. Authority records from Wikidata, Getty ULAN, VIAF, the Library of Congress, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France distinguish her as a documented historical artist. Public biographical sources identify The Waltz and The Mature Age among the compositions associated with her name. Although Claudel died after a period of relative obscurity, later audiences renewed attention to the originality and quality of her sculpture. Collectors may encounter her through bronze or marble sculpture offered in the secondary market, as well as through records connected to recognized compositions. Because the supplied sources do not establish a specific movement or school, her work is described here through its documented nationality, occupation, figurative focus, materials, and named works rather than through a speculative stylistic label.

## Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include figurative bronze sculpture and marble sculpture associated with Claudel. Recognized compositions named in the collected sources include The Waltz and The Mature Age. Any object bearing those titles still requires object-specific research; a familiar subject or title alone does not establish authorship, date, material history, or market equivalence.

## Market and appraisal context

Appraisal begins by establishing that an object corresponds to a documented Camille Claudel composition and by identifying its material and physical form. Bronze and marble are both associated with her figurative sculpture, but the supplied evidence does not document casting dates, foundries, edition sizes, provenance expectations, or version histories. Those omissions matter because visually related objects may have different authorship, dates, production histories, and market relevance. Public auction records can provide useful comparisons when the composition, material, dimensions, condition, attribution, and sale context are genuinely comparable. Available records should therefore be treated as evidence for comparison, not as an automatic price forecast or authentication.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Source gaps and unresolved object-specific questions remain explicit.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120582
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500102192
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/66585142/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82158800
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12597326c
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/claudel-camille-18641943
- Encyclopædia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Camille-Claudel
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Claudel
- Wikipedia: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Claudel
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/camille-claudel/