Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891 –1915) was a French artist and
sculptor who developed a rough-hewn, primitive style of direct carving.
Henri Gaudier was born in Saint-Jean-de-Braye near Orléans.
In 1910, he moved to London to become an artist, even though he had no formal
training. With him came Sophie Brzeska, a Polish writer over twice his age whom
he had met at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, and with whom he
began an intense relationship, annexing her surname although they never
married.
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| Man In Beret by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska |
Henri was devoted to Sophie, even taking her last name as
his, but Sophie was often dismissive and cold towards Henri's romantic
overtures (indeed, according to Ede they either never had sex, only did once or
twice). They were often apart, and Sophie would buy Henri prostitutes for his
enjoyment instead of having relations with him.
Following his death Sophie Brzeska became distraught,
eventually dying in an asylum in 1925.
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