An article, Passionate outsiders, in the Financial Times by Peter Aspden on 21 Jan 2011.
The article looks at the value of artworks, but Gaudier and Savage Messiah get an honourable mention:
"....The striking relief of two wrestlers by Gaudier-Brzeska on sale at the Fine Art Society costs £95,000, which is not cheap for the casual visitor, but a positive giveaway in a world of multimillion-pound Damien Hirsts. There is a palpable and satisfying link, too, between the French-born sculptor and the Romantic tradition that has dominated art for the past two centuries. I am of a generation that was inspired by Gaudier-Brzeska’s story as depicted in Ken Russell’s moving 1972 biopic, Savage Messiah. There is little room today for that view of the artist as passionate outsider. They are too good at business..."
The image is from here
www.tate.org.ukPeter Blake, another Ken Russell subject, is also mentioned. His payment for designing the Beatles’ Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was... £200.
The full article is here
www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1f12b566-24e3-11e0-895d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1GiMiywcF