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...pleased to see proper recognition of Gaudier-Brzeska in TIME [July 23]. I do not, however, own an estate in the Tyrol. The bust referred to is, for the present, at my son-in-law's there...
...powerful image of brutality. I broke the butt off, and with my knife I carved a gentler order of feeling, a mother and child." A few days later, on the afternoon of June 5, 1915, an other German weapon put a bullet through the Frenchman's head. Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, not yet 24, was dead...
Until the 50th anniversary of his death last month, Sculptor Gaudier-Brzeska (pronounced Zshairsh-ka) was what the French call "an illustrious unknown." His few working years had been spent mostly in London; his works were rarely shown outside that city. Yet his reputation flourished underground, especially among young sculptors. Ossip Zadkine hailed Gaudier as "one of the men who really invented something in sculpture." British Sculptor Henry Moore names Gaudier, along with Epstein and Brancusi, as among his formative influences: "He made me feel certain that in seeking to create along paths other than those of traditional sculpture...
Three-Way Love Affair. Born in the Loire Valley near Orléans, Gaudier was a descendant of masons and stone carvers who had worked on the Chartres Cathedral. He began drawing in early childhood, did so brilliantly that at 14 he won a scholarship to London. Two years later, he won a second scholarship, this time to Bristol College, with funds to study art in Germany. All the while he sketched feverishly, often with a pen, explaining, "That prevents me from getting sentimental in the lines." Traveling through the Lowlands to Munich, he sold sketches "in the manner...
Looping the Field. The way he goes about winning makes the victories even gaudier. In July's $100,000 Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct, Gun Bow galloped 1¼ miles in 1 min. 593/5 sec.-the fastest mile-and-a-quarter in the history of New York racing. He won by twelve lengths. In the $54,300 Whitney Stakes at Saratoga last month, Gun Bow was unruly in the gate, broke dead last. Charging after the field, he suddenly spotted a leaf on the track, set himself like a steeplechaser approaching a hedge, and jumped. Then he settled down...