Genius, Interrupted
The life, times, and trials of sculptor Camille Claudel
16 min readOct 16, 2018
By Emma Garman
The ground-floor apartment at 19 quai Bourbon, on the Ile de St. Louis in central Paris, was unlike anything the two hospital wardens had ever seen. Amid filth and clutter, dried-out clay, and a festoon of spider webs was not furniture, save for one broken and torn armchair, but sculptures…
