Photo: © Kettle's Yard
Drawing
Woman and dog, 1914
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
Charcoal on paper
480 x 310 mm
[HGB 31]
On display
About the artist
Born 1891 – Died 1915
Henri Gaudier was born in St. Jean de Braye, near Orleans, in France. He first came to Britain in 1908.
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After moving to London in early 1911 for a period Gaudier worked as a clerk in the City of London, spending many a lunch-break sketching passers-by in the Whitechapel area. A gentle mocking of the bourgeoisie is often present in these drawings. Here, for example, Gaudier seems to send up the English obsession with their pets.
