1. Henri Gaudier-Brzeska was a French artist and sculptor who developed a rough-hewn, primitive style of direct carving.
10 Facts About Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska resolved these reservations by taking up sculpture, having been inspired by his carpenter father.
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Once in England Gaudier-Brzeska fell in with the Vorticism movement of Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis, becoming a founding member of the London Group.
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In 1913 Henri Gaudier-Brzeska met Alfred Wolmark, the Jewish artist and modelled a bronze bust of the young artist, and the two remained close friends.
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's drawing style was influenced by the Chinese calligraphy and poetry which he discovered at the "Ezuversity", Ezra Pound's unofficial locus of teaching.
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska had the ability to imply, with a few deft strokes, the being of a subject.
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At the start of the First World War, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska enlisted with the French army.
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska appears to have fought with little regard for his own safety, receiving a decoration for bravery before being killed in the trenches at Neuville-St-Vaast.
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska was devoted to Sophie, even taking her last name as his, but Sophie was often dismissive and cold towards Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's romantic overtures.
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Henri Gaudier-Brzeska's estate included numerous letters sent between Henri and Sophie.