BRODZKY, Horace

Horace Brodzky (1885-1969) moved from Australia to London in 1908 and enrolled at City and Guilds Art School and had a first solo show. He became friendly with such artists as Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Jacob Epstein, David Bomberg and Mark Gertler; his biography of Gaudier appeared in 1933. Brodzky’s theatrical design work was included in a show which toured the continent. In 1914 he joined the LG and began to be included in modern art shows, in New York, 1915–23, editing several magazines. Taught at London County Council evening classes from 1924–34.

Brodzky was included in the first show of British lino-cuts organised by Claude Flight at the Redfern Gallery in 1929. Six years later James Laver’s Forty Drawings by Horace Brodzky revealed the artist’s stature as a fine draughtsman. Among Brodzky’s later publications were a biography of Pascin and one of Gaudier-Brzeska’s drawings, both in 1946. Eightieth birthday shows took place at the Ben Uri Gallery and Oxford Union Cellars in 1965. Other retrospectives were at the Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, 1988, and Boundary Gallery, 1989.