Glasgow Antiques and Fine Arts Society: Savage Messiah - The Life, Work and Legend of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Join Glasgow Antiques and Fine Arts Society for a lecture exploring the life, work and legend of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska.
About Glasgow Antiques and Fine Arts Society: Savage Messiah - The Life, Work and Legend of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
| 18th February 2026 | |
| 10.30am - 11.30am | |
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Trades Hall of Glasgow 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow City Centre G1 1UH |
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| Free for members | |
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Gaudier-Brzeska was one of many promising young men lost in WW1. In 1911, the French-born Gaudier and his Polish companion Sophie Brzeska made London their home and in the space of only four years, he emerged as one of the leaders of the London avant-garde, a member of the Vorticist group, admired as a gifted and versatile draughtsman and sculptor of astonishing talent.
Jacob Epstein, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound and Roger Fry were among his rivals, friends and supporters. A mercurially brilliant outsider and natural rebel, Gaudier comes across as the epitome of the bohemian artist determined to dare all in the face of a stuffy establishment, whatever the personal cost.
Our speaker is Evelyn Silber. She is the author of major studies on the sculpture of Jacob Epstein and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and has a special interest in the promotion of modern art in Britain during the early 20th century. A former Director of Leeds Museums and Galleries and of the Hunterian, University of Glasgow, she is an Hon. Senior Fellow and current Vice-Chair of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society.
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