HENRI GAUDIER

Bird Swallowing Fish, the 1914 bronze cast sculpture by French sculpt Henri Gaudier caught my attention at The Restless Times exhibition in Sheffield.

Bird Swallowing Fish (Source)

Gaudier worked in a very primitive style, often taking influence from nature and animals in his work. Having no formal qualifications or experience he moved to London to become an artist, inspirted by his carpenter father he began creating minituristic sculptures. Often creating sculptures by direct carving into solid, opposed to working with the wet plaster, Gaudier creates eye-catching naturalistic works with then go on to be cast in bronze.