Gaudier-Brzeska (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Evelyn Silber
- First Published: 1997
- Type of Work: Art history and biography
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: England and France
- Principal Characters: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Sophie Brzeska, Jacob Epstein, Ezra Pound, Horace Brodsky, Wyndham Lewis
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Arts
- Subjects: Culture, Twentieth century, Literature, Art or artists, Manners or customs, Social life, London, World War I, Sculpting or sculptors, Biography, Modernization, Avant-garde, Naturalism
- Locales: France, England
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska is an emblem of limitless artistic promise sacrificed to the stupidity of war. Born Henri Gaudier in the Loire Valley of France in 1891, he established his reputation in the energetic London art scene in the years just before World War I. Initially a prolific draftsman, he chose sculpture as his primary art form, at first modeling in clay but then moving to the direct carving of stone. In his late teens and early twenties, he experimented in many different styles, both naturalistic and semi- abstract, attracting the attention of England’s leading artists and...
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