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Women sculptors at the Camille Claudel Museum

  Yvonne Serruys: Colin Maillard (Blind Man's Bluff) 1909  Private Collection The present exhibition at the Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent sur Seine, pays tribute to a group of women sculptors who were well-known in their day but have since been largely forgotten. Their day was the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Yvonnes Serruys' work, above, follows in the wake of Camille Claudel's spontaneous nude figures. William Blair Bruce: Femme Sculpteur (Woman sculptor)  Swedish sculptor, Carolina Benedicks (1856-1935) married a Canadian painter, William Blair Bruce, and the two artists supported each other. Carolina is recognisable in the above painting by her husband.  The double bust below by Carolina shows the artistic couple, William lovingly assisting his wife: Carolina Benedicks-Bruce: Self portrait with husband William Blair Bruce 1897 Själsö, Konstnärshemmet Brucebo, Sweden Women had an advantage if they were of an artistic family or were helped ...